Opposed to Clarkson, McCormack, and Nitka

Stu Lindberg
Cavendish
To the editor,

The taxpayers of Vermont and Windsor County can no longer afford to have state senators. Alison Clarkson(D), Richard (Dick) McCormack (D), and Alice Nitka (D) represent us in Montpelier.

Since 2013, state Rep. Clarkson, now state senator, has voted to raise fees and taxes on Vermonters by the astronomical amount of $303.5 million dollars. Vermonters are struggling mightily under this heavy burden. Ms. Clarkson’s voting record can be found by going to the Ethan Allen Institute website.

It should also be known that Ms. Clarkson is one fiercest opponents of school choice in Vermont. Meanwhile, she chooses to send her own kids to an elite private school in Groton Massachusetts.

Ms. Clarkson’s “progressive” imagination appears to have no moral boundaries. In February 2015 she also co sponsored House Bill 57. This bill gives the state the right to steal your body. Under this bill, “the state will start harvesting your body parts for its use. Although presumed to be altruistic, it is “moneytruistic.” This law is so bad on so many levels there is not time or space to decry how really bad it is. Clarkson also voted for ACT 46 and is an enthusiastic supporter of this tyrannical legislation.

Sen. Dick McCormack’s tax and spend voting record, while not as ruthless as Ms. Clarkson’s, is still oppressive. Since 2013, McCormack, has voted to increase fees and taxes by $141.6 million dollars. His voting record, which shows the tax and fee increases is also an indictment of his condescending attitude towards his constituents in regards to local control of siting giant commercial wind turbines, industrial solar fields and his lack of respect for local control of education.

Last, but certainly not least, is Sen. Alice Nitka. Since 2013, Nitka has voted to raise fees and taxes on her constituents by the obscene amount of $306.5 million dollars. Her voting record can be found at the Ethan Allen Institute website. Ms. Nitka voted for ACT 46, which is now going to close Black River High School. This high school is located in her home town. So much for looking out for her constituents.

The combined experience of this team of career politicians makes them more qualified to be tax collectors than representatives of the citizens of Windsor County. If there was ever a case to be made for constitutional term limits it would be the voting records of these three. Since we don’t have term limits in Vermont it is up to the voters of Windsor County to put these three in the unemployment line on Tuesday, Nov. 6.

Vermonters deserve a better and brighter future. The voters of Windsor County have the opportunity to elect three non politicians to the Vermont Senate. They are Republicans and working Vermonters: Wayne Townsend, Randy Gray and Jack Williams.

 

Stu Lindberg

Cavendish