Forum, May 20: Who is influencing our elected representatives?
Published: 5/19/2021 10:00:14 PM
Modified: 5/19/2021 10:00:12 PM
Who is influencing our elected representatives?
In the comic strip
Dilbert on May 17, the character worries that if his company gets involved in controversial politics, it will cause a huge drop in the stock price. That concern describes perfectly one of the main reasons that H.R. 1 has not yet been approved by the U.S. Senate.
H.R. 1, the For the People Act, is best known for its proposed reversal of GOP efforts in many states to make it harder to vote. But it would also require public identification of large political donors corporations and individuals who launder their contributions through nonprofit groups and shell companies to keep them secret. During the 2020 election cycle, these “dark money” donations reportedly totaled more than $1 billion.
Valley News - Forum, May 18: Equity assessment for Lebanon school officer is just a cop-out
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Published: 1/12/2021 11:18:45 AM
Multiple towns have announced their vacancies on elected boards in advance of the filing period for 2021 town elections.
In Temple, the Select Board has a vacancy for one three-year seat. Trustees of the trust funds have one vacant three-year seat. Cemetery trustees have one vacant three-year seat, library trustees have two vacant three-year seats, the Planning Board has two vacant three-year seats and one two-year seat, the single three-year seat for the ConVal School Board is up for election, and there is one three-year position open for fire engineer.
In Francestown, the two-year Town Moderator position is up for renewal, with Kevin Pobst in the incumbent position. Incumbent Select Board member Brad Howell’s three-year term is up for a vote, and there are two three-year openings on the Planning Board, with members Karen Fitzgerald and Linda Kunhardt’s terms up for renewal. There’s one three-year opening with the Trustees of Trust Funds wit
Cemetery trail access up for discussion in Lebanon
Modified: 1/1/2021 9:11:42 PM
LEBANON City officials are considering whether to build a path alongside the Sacred Heart and Valley cemeteries to connect Pine Tree Cemetery Road with the Mascoma River Greenway after reports of bicyclists and pedestrians crossing burial plots to access the rail trail surfaced this summer.
A path along the western edge of the cemeteries near the Renihan Meadows property line could keep people off graves while also providing access to the Greenway, according to Lebanon Recreation Director Paul Coates.
He put forward a plan last month that would see volunteers build a small trail from Pine Tree Cemetery Road to the 2.3-mile, paved multi-purpose Greenway, which connects downtown to the larger, 58-mile Northern Rail Trail.
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