The larger tax-based towns like Manchester and Dorset have established education funds to save their taxpayers the pain of the sharing pool. While I don t think it is a proper answer to Act 60 s funding shortfalls, if it s working for those towns fine. I ve said publicly for 10 years. However, as soon as that amount is funded by asking a handful of towns to send money back to the state to redistribute to other towns, you ve created unfairness at someone else s door. Don t continue to fund the Rutlands, Burlingtons, Benningtons, and other larger populated towns in Vermont by sending the bill to us small, rural towns.
Fishing season s open, but the well is dry.
Find other means to fund education. In regard to the Sunday Magazine article on Vermont s new Episcopal bishop, the Rev. Thomas Ely intends to continue the trend to change the Episcopal Church teaching by advocating for the church to bless same-sex couples. The former Episcopal bishop and the local Episcopal minister voiced their support last year for same-sex unions. This announcement was a shock to many folks in the congregations. The abandonment of traditional Christian teaching has created a schism within a number of churches.