Thursday, June 20th, 2013 Washington, DC Journalist Otto Kreisher reports, “In his first major initiative as chairman of the crucial subcommittee Sen. Dick Durbin noted that the F-35 “has had more than its share of problems” and served as “a text book example” of the Pentagon’s procurement woes. Durbin challenged the witnesses to tell him […]
Saturday, June 15th, 2013 Burlington VT In Seven Days popular column entitled, ‘This Week’s Scoreboard Winners and Losers” journalist Paul Heintz notes under the “Losers” column reports “Air Force number crunchers — Honest mistake or not, now’s a bad time for the the Air Force to bungle the numbers of how many people sent supportive comments about basing the […]
Saturday June 15th, 2013 Burlington VT Please watch this film excerpt from an upcoming documentary of Ben Cohen, entrepreneur, activist, and co-founder of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream explaining why the F-35 is bad for the country and bad for Vermont. Please call me (Chris Hurd) at 802.238.5256 so I can get your name, email address […]
Friday, June 14th, 2013 Burlington VT WPTZ-TV, our local NBC affiliate, is reporting that opponents request for scoring sheets comparing Burlington to 205 other basing sites around the country were denied under a Frredom of Information Act (FOIA) request. Opponents subsequently received the 205 scoring sheets but upon arrival all information was whited out. And […]
Thursday, June 13th, 2013 Washington DC It’s time to pull the pork from the Pentagon and we should start by defunding the F-35 joint strike fighter program. With a price tag of $1.5 trillion, the F-35 is the most expensive fighter jet ever built and is the single most expensive item in the 2013 Pentagon […]
Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 Burlington VT News Outlets across Vermont are reporting that the United States Air Force now acknowledges that opponents to the basing of the F-35’s in Vermont out number supporters of the warplanes. BFP journalist John Briggs reports that the Air Force’s revised and updated Environmental Impact Statement just released (May 31st, […]
Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 Burlington VT The Center for Media & Democracy (Channel 17) recorded the recent public gathering at The Unitarian Universalist Church on May 30th, 2013 in Burlington Vermont entitled, “F-35: A Citizens’ Hearing” Click to watch the program here. Please call me (Chris Hurd) at 802.238.5256 so I can get your name, […]
Thursday, June 6th, 2013 Burlington Vermont “Basing the F-35 fighter jet at Burlington International Airport will enable the Vermont Air National Guard to continue to serve national and state emergency needs”, Guard officials said Thursday. Click here to read Vermont Digger journalist, John Herrick’s, article. Please call me (Chris Hurd) at 802.238.5256 so I can […]
Thursday, June 6th, 2013 Burlington VT NBC Affiliate WPTZ-TV journalist, David Charns, reports on the magnitude of today’s Harper’s Magazine article by Andrew Cockburn about the basing of the F-35 Warplanes in Burlington Vermont. Watch the video feed here A portion of the article reads, “The Air Force and the FAA later acknowledged that the […]
Thursday, June 6th, 2013 Washington DC Journalist, Andrew Cockburn, reports in a national level article on the deepening opposition to the basing of F-35 Warplanes in Burlington Vermont. Please read Mr. Cockburn’s article, Flight of the Discords here: Please call me (Chris Hurd) at 802.238.5256 so I can get your name, email address and phone […]