Freedom can’t be bought

2023-10-03

Dear friend,

Happy Tuesday! Happy October! Between the news about Bill's heart surgery, the foliage, and my son turning 12 this week, I feel celebratory.

How are you doing?

Vermont's Legislature at the moment is like a duck swimming on the river. Though motionless above the surface until the session starts January 3, 2024, the feet are beginning to paddle as we regroup.

My committee, House Corrections and Institutions, will meet on October 24 to receive briefings and discuss the state of our State buildings following the July 10th flooding. (See Turn around don’t drown.)

State buildings is the "institutions" in our committee name. As for corrections, I've been giving this a lot of thought over the summer -- as you know.

Last week I dashed off an email to you, "No one has all the keys."

One reader, Andrew, wrote back from his work email to say:

Well played Mr. Roberts. You have my attention Sir. I will read it with more focus later this evening when I can give it due attention.

I wondered what Andrew saw in my words, and re-read it.

Then the inevitable occurred. I started to quarrel with it. I noticed the places I could have said this or that better.

I worked out the ideas some more, and the following will appear as my next Brattleboro Reformer column.

You can read it here: No one has all the keys