Weybridge is a classic retirement home for rich lefties from elsewhere. God help us.

Pawlet is a brilliant town, with gorgeous natural resources, well-run farms, smiling neighbors and an up-beat little downtown. Supporting local goods is easy at Mach's general store, where local products abound.

Our sewers are a mess. We don't know what's in our water since we drink what we urinate. Energy and food costs are through the roof. Our community does not support the school.

I believe my community tries hard on a number of these values and challenges that I mention in my thoughts. My community works hard for a vibrant downtown, preservation of natural lands, and encouragement of small business.

Burlington needs to elect another progressive person to the State Legislature to help achieve enough votes to override the Governor's veto of any solution that might work. Solving the health care crisis will alleviate the pressure on city government's lack of financial resources to deal with a range of postponed problems

I live in Burlington: very high city and state taxes, and fuel costs during the winter. Yet, the school system doesn't even pay for an earned doctorate.

Our community has lacked good leadership for years, in both the municipal arena and education. For some reason we have been unable to attract the strong leaders in the community into public service and other forms of civic engagement. I attribute most of the problem to rampant partisanship, a lack of civil discourse, over regulation and undue public scrutiny

Eden is burdened by lousy regulation, lousy infrastructure, lousy tax policy, and lousy government policies. Fifty years ago two thirds of the population were employed in town. Today, absent the school, only about 5% is. That change resulted from deliberate government policies at all levels -- and it has destroyed Eden as a community.

we need our state roads better maintained for starters....the state construction budget needs to be better funded to keep pace with aging schools, the state needs to fund the health services sector so the education budget is not forced to carry their burden under the "education" umbrella