13 thoughts on “Social media readers applaud Town Report plea to new Vermonters”

1. “’While emigration of young Vermonters has slowed, the influx of newcomers is outstripping the growth of the native-born population,’ Encyclopedia Brittanica reports.”

   Don’t worry, with our upcoming new legislation, the huge number of Vermont children that constitutionally can be killed in the womb will be made up for by the huge number of sex tourists after the prostitution bill passes.

2. “My name is Larry and this is my brother Darrell, and my other brother Darrell.”

   Gotta love this Town Report cover.

   How do you argue against what it says?

3. Young has it on the nose. But the worst part is that the – look at the list – the greater part of the flatlanders who have moved here are Yorkers. After over 280 years, they have finally won the war and subjected Vermont. It’s way past time we learned our lesson from the Green Mountain Boys and sent them packing.

4. I’ve always said that the legislation is 98% full of out-of-staters. They are the ones ruining the state.
   We Vermonters have always got along without them.
   I’m a 7th generation Vermonter. My Grandfather always said “you let these out of staters move in, they’ll take over” Boy was he right.

   Kent Young, you had nothing to apologize for, you spoke the truth.!!!!

5. A friend of my once told me the story of how many years ago his father, a talented engineer, had been recruited to run Vermont Tap and Die in Lyndon. After a few years, someone asked him to run for town office. His father, a smart fellow, thought it would be wise to seek the advice of W. Arthur Simpson. Simpson was a community leader, dairy farmer, and State Representative.

   He caught up to Arthur at milking time in his barn, the best time to get ahold of him. I don’t know how many people remember or have used a one legged seat that was strapped to your waist that you could sit on when moving from cow to cow with the surge milking machine in tow, but Arthur was wearing one of those when his father caught up with him. Following him around as Arthur continued his milking, my friend father told him that people wanted him to run for office and asked his opinion.

   “Well”, said Arthur, “the best thing for a new person to do is for the first five years or more just go to town meeting and other meetings and listen. Do not say anything. Then if your still interested offer to help out in a minor position. Do that for a few years. See how it works out. And then consider doing more”.

   Good advice back then. Good advice for now

   • Anyone capable of serving their fellow Vermonters doesn’t need to ask someone else what to do – that is not leadership.

6. I moved here from the west coast twelve years ago. One of the reasons I moved here was because it appeared the whole world was not trying to move here. It was out of the way not very popular. The hard winters and lack of urban resources kept immigration at bay. It was what people on both coasts call a ‘flyover state’ and that was fine with me. At the same time; I noticed that in many cases once her young who were born here became old enough, the grass was greener and a large swath of Vermont’s young natives picked up and moved away to a ‘more exciting’ place to live. But things are different now. It’s natural beauty, it’s laid back ‘do your own thing’ attitude has suddenly caught the attention of the well to do urban dwellers whose cities have fallen (once again) into filth and despair and with the failing dairy farms and geriatric land owners whose grandchildren have no interest in maintaining the upkeep of expensive property land taxes sales are booming by out of state buyers who can afford it, despite the astronomical taxes here that many natives can no longer afford and look for a less expensive rural life in North Carolina and other states further south. It’s happening all over the country in states like Montana and Wyoming who’s natural beauty and rural atmosphere sit in ‘liberal’ pockets and drive the native working stiffs to reside where it’s hot flat and crowded. Soon you will have to be somewhat wealthy to be able to afford living in The Green Mountain state. Seems like that’s happening in most liberal states now.

7. Newly proposed State of Vermont Welcoming Pamphlet

   WELCOME TO THE GRAVE LITTLE STATE OF VERMONT
   HISTORICAL FACTS
   ONCE RECOGNIZED AS THE PEDOPHILE CAPITOL OF THE U.S.A.
   SELF PROCLAIMED MOST DRUG ADDICTED STATE IN THE NORTHEAST.
   WIDELY RECOGNIZED FOR IT’S EMBEZZLEMENT EXPERTISE.

   SHOULD you REQUIRE ASSISTANCE, PLEASE CONTACT OUR WHITE SUPREMACISTS STATE POLICE.
   PLEASE DON’T FORGET TO PAY A VISIT TO OUR STATE CAPITOL MOUNTPECULIAR.
   WE PROMISE A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE THAT WILL HAUNT YOU FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE!

8. Most likely, where you came from, deprived you of Liberty so you left perhaps not understanding what you were truly looking for. Upon arriving here and wanting to be accepted you decided to contribute by giving back. But how do you give back that which you are in search of, when you don’t really understand what it is in the first place?

   Kent’s point as I see it is, it’s neither here nor there that matters, it’s don’t trample on the Freedoms of others if you want to fit in!

9. Disclaimer: We moved here from rural ( yes there is such a thing) NJ. What Stratton’s town clerk has posted is nothing new. When I worked in Staten Island, the locals said very similar about the Brooklynites coming across the Verrazano Bridge. In Sussex County NJ,we said the same to the immigrants from Bergen.

10. Kent Young has eloquently expressed the feelings of most VERMONTERS! He does not need to apologize to anyone. Especially flatland carpetbaggers. Good on you Kent Young.
    His spot-on observations should be writ large in every one of Vermont’s Welcome Centers and included with every piece of printed literature mailed out by the Vermont Tourism Bureau, if for no other reason than there are too many words to fit onto a license plate…
    Damn, I wish I’d said that!

11. There’s also Chris Bates D-Bennington/ He was from IA then IL before VT. He had legal problems in IL and isn’t suppose to have any firearms. But an article from TNR shows him shooting with a rifle. He also introduce legislation to outlaw air rifles, with little experience knowing about them. I’ve emailed him on that position. There’s internet info about him. Anyone seems attracted to VT only to ruin it.

12. There’s also an old Vermont saying: “WELCOME TO VERMONT, NOW LEAVE”. This sign is right on.

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