Folks,
In a January 2010 press conference in Montpelier, we Independents announced our candidacy. The worldwide press has since been covering an historically unprecedented independent challenge to the two-party corporate stranglehold on Vermont’s common wealth. Ten openly secessionist candidates, plus several more who are friendly to the idea of a free and independent Vermont. Never been done before!
We’ve been featured in Time and the Huffington Post and in many countries in many languages… yet local papers still pretend that we don’t exist! Their editors echo platitudes such as Vermont doesn’t have the same hysterical backlash against our two-party system as other states.
Anybody see what’s wrong with the above statement? First of all, it tries to engineer a phoney reality for Vermont. It pretends that we don’t have any problems, as if trillions in unsustainable debt, a crumbling infrastructure and Peak Oil can simply be swept under the carpet. It pretends that oil will be forever cheap, and that no actions or investments are necessary to move to a decentralised pattern of conservation, local agriculture and local energy production. It pretends that it’s OK to fork over $7,700 per Vermont family of four, in corporate welfare, to the likes of Nestle, TransCanda and AIG.
It pretends that the bailouts have suceeded, and that all’s well.
It pretends that the Vermont Legislature are providing good management. It ignores the demographics. Most Vermonters have given up voting, and many feel that we have no voice. Less than 30% voted in the Primary. Young people are leaving because college is unaffordable in VT. Young professionals are leaving because high rent & taxes strangle business, keep wages low, and leave few opportunities after college.
Most Vermonters have been denied the opportunity to hear about any alternatives to the Democrat/Republican status quo. The Two Party System has brought us a failing economy, a failing dollar, ecological devastation, climate change and perpetual wars. But somehow, if you say this, the Vermont media will call you a ‘fringe’ candidate.
Finally, a break! The Vermont media can’t ignore the Independent candidates any longer.
(Though I would like to correct the interviewer, there’s not just one but THREE independent candidates running for Governor: there’s also Emily Peyton and Dan Feliciano. All three have great ideas, they’re on the ballot and I recommend that you check them out and vote with your heart.)
Here’s Dennis speaking about local control of schools for Vermonters and our communities. Vermont’s parents are the real experts on schools, not bureaucrats in Montpelier or politicians in Washington, DC:
Learn more at GovernorSteele.com
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