Upgrading business relational skills (Sep 07)
As people are promoted to management positions, a universal irony emerges – they’re usually not promoted on the basis of people skills, but because they met the production targets.

Co-location: A New Model for Education (Aug 07)
It responded to Springfields local and regional needs while addressing former Governor Howard Deans challenge for creating a new model of technical education that would simultaneously build community relations, serve the full spectrum of its

Raise Vermont’s pupil teacher ratio (Jun 07)
In your May (2003)issue, you printed a very insightful letter to the editor from William Sayre of Bristol. Mr Sayre points out a couple of serious flaws in the “so-called” Act 60 Reform Bill coming out of the Vermont House.

Control costs of education to fix Act 60 (Jun 07)
Your editorial in the May issue warning the Vermont Legislature not to become another “Taxachusetts” was sound advice (May 2003). Unfortunately, your proposals to overhaul Act 60 were almost actually as dangerous as those being considered by t

Serious problems to reform Act 60 (May 01)
As with all proposals to raise taxes, these new and higher taxes are requested in the name of a worthy purpose. This time for the well intended, but illusory, purpose of reducing property taxes.

Vermont faces critical energy issues (Apr 07)
I enjoyed your interview with the new Secretary of Commerce and Community Affairs, Kevin Dorn (April 2003). I was especially impressed that you included a question on Vermont’s energy situation.