Gassett: running to give Vernon and Guilford residents and taxpayers a clear choice

I’m a local Vermonter, U.S. Military veteran, property proprietor, resident, voter, and taxpayer of Vernon, Vermont. I’ve by no means met the current Vernon/Guilford state consultant, Sara Coffey.

With all the data obtainable on our Vermont state legislative web site in addition to different monitoring web sites, I’ve the data essential to assess the job Sara has been doing as our Windham-1 state consultant for the previous 4 years.

All of us should dwell beneath the legal guidelines and insurance policies our elected officers vote into place. Holding them accountable is our obligation as residents in our state’s constitutional republic type of authorities (Article 6). We elect particular person individuals to serve us and symbolize us in our authorities. We must always maintain them to the usual and objective of their elected place.

Whereas Sara Coffey professes to be a Democrat, she has voted together with the novel Progressives throughout her time serving as a consultant. Whereas all legislators take an oath to uphold the Vermont Structure, some Vermont lawmakers, together with Sara, have ignored their oaths and flagrantly voted on and handed payments that usurp the state structure.

Lots of the payments proposed and handed by Vermont legislators work in opposition to the person freedoms and privileges they take an oath to guard.

Sara voted to approve laws that might permit non-citizens to vote; our state and federal constitutions each say United States citizenship is a requirement to vote in america.

She additionally voted for a invoice that might have allowed 15-to-17-year-old individuals to vote. Our constitutions say that attaining the age of 18 years is a requirement to vote in america.

Lots of the payments proposed and handed by Vermont legislators are unbalanced and draw conclusions with out info. They hyperfocus on dividing Vermont residents into ranges of significance slightly than working for the very best pursuits of all human beings who’re taxpayers and residents of the state.

Additionally it is very apparent to me from studying many payments that the local weather, the climate, and the land are given way more significance and focus than the lives of human beings.

My spouse, Nancy Gassett, is working in opposition to Sara Coffey on Nov. 8 for the Windham-1 consultant place. She is working to present Vernon and Guilford residents and taxpayers a transparent selection.

If you wish to be represented by somebody who believes in and can work to guard the person freedoms and privileges all of us have equally, as declared by our United States and Vermont constitutions, vote for Nancy. She is resolved, and she’s going to arise and communicate out for commonsense, livable insurance policies with out prejudice.

All voters, taxpayers, property homeowners, and residents of Vernon and Guilford ought to do their very own assessments of Sara’s voting file. You are able to do this by studying Nancy’s weblog put up, “Do you Know How Your State Consultant Is Voting?” on her web site, together with different details about her candidacy.

You can even go to Vermont’s legislative web site for Home and Senate voting data at legislature.vermont.gov/invoice/search.

Please bear in mind to vote on or earlier than Nov. 8!

Dale Gassett
Vernon