This opens a new era in Vermont politics.
Today Dennis Steele, Independent from Kirby, army helicopter crew chief, fifth-generation Vermonter and Northeast Kingdom businessman is officially on the ballot for Vermont Governor. This opens a new era in Vermont politics.
Today, the old political machine that passes the governorship back & forth between Republicans and Democrats, the machine that steals everything in Vermont that isn’t nailed down, the machine that takes away teachers pensions and cuts public transport as they pour Vermont’s rich resources into the wars and into Wall Street… paused.
I care deeply about my home which is Addison County, Vermont… and ask all of you to reach out and understand that the endless wars are unsustainable, immoral, unacceptable, and are bleeding Vermont dry. There is a way to make a sustainable Vermont with local food production and distribution, local green energy and local governance… we’ve made the first steps.
But now the incumbents who are taxing the middle class into the ground, scaring away business, making deals with Monsanto to kill small family farms and cutting programs that serve the neediest… these incumbents must go.
The photo shows Katie Lane-Karnas accepting Dennis Steele's petition signatures at the Secretary of State Office
From Pete Garritano, who is running for Lieutenant Governor, also as an Independent:
My name is Peter Garritano. I am running for Lt Governor as an independent candidate. I am married and have two kids and I live in Shelburne. I love Vermont because of its natural beauty, and the friendly nature of the people who live here. People here want to live and let live and I think this is a lesson that would serve us well in dealing with some of today’s important issues.
My passion in running for office came as a result of the wars and the incredible human and economic toll they have taken on both the people of the Middle East and the citizens of Vermont. I don’t care why we invaded, we have been given an endless supply of dubious excuses, I do not want my tax money being used for war and killing.
It’s time to start a direct democracy, bottom up not top down, by the people and for the people, where important issues like war, and health care, and how our taxes are spent , are voted on by the people of Vermont. Our elected officials have consistently failed us in all these areas.
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Hello Dennis and Peter, I am only 13 years old but am more involved with vermont than many i know and I saw that you ran fro govenor in 2010 I hope that you will run in 2012 and I will do all i can to make my family see sense in a independent vermont thank you and goodluck for 2012