I. THE F-35 BASING DECISION PROCESS WHICH SELECTED VERMONT WAS IMMORAL BECAUSE IT WAS BASED ON, AND SOLD TO THE PUBLIC WITH, LIES. The basing selection process started with a lie. Lies, deception, manipulation, and falsification of information permeated the process. • Vermont Air National Guard officials lied to the Air Force by telling them […]
By: Diana Stacy Correll for Millitary Times, Sept. 12, 2019 Two retired Air Force officers were arrested this week after a sit-in protest at Sen. Patrick Leahy’s office in Burlington, Vermont. The pair demanded a delay in the arrival of F-35 fighter jets at the Vermont Air National Guard base at Burlington International Airport, according […]
By: Jacob Dawson for VTDigger, Sept. 13, 2019 BURLINGTON — Two local physicians joined the ranks of Vermonters protesting against the imminent arrival of the F-35 fighter jets Friday, demonstrating outside Sen. Patrick Leahy’s Main Street office. It was the fifth day in a row opponents of the new jets turned up at Vermont’s senior […]
By: Mike Dougherty for VTDigger, Sept. 13, 2019 The first two F-35s in the Vermont Air National Guard’s new fleet of fighter jets are scheduled to arrive in Burlington by next Friday. But a coalition of protesters who have fought the basing for years continues to press the military to change its mind. NBC5 first […]
By: Aidan Quigley for VTDigger, Sept. 12, 2019 BURLINGTON — Four more F-35 protesters were arrested at Sen. Patrick Leahy’s Burlington office Wednesday night, following the arrest of two demonstrators Monday night. Kara Paige, Carmen Sargent, Roddy O’Neil Cleary and Rabbi Joshua Chasan were arrested for unlawful trespass after refusing to leave the senator’s office Wednesday evening. […]
By: Jasper Craven for VTDigger, Sept. 11, 2019 On Sept. 4, 1985, then-Burlington Mayor Bernie Sanders held an impromptu press conference to announce that the city’s ambitious street and sidewalk upgrades were ahead of schedule. After questions about work on specific Burlington streets, reporters turned to a more contentious topic: the recent arrest and imprisonment of […]
By: Jasper Craven for VTDigger, Sept. 11, 2019 On Sept. 4, 1985, then-Burlington Mayor Bernie Sanders held an impromptu press conference to announce that the city’s ambitious street and sidewalk upgrades were ahead of schedule. After a few questions about Burlington street work, reporters turned to a more contentious topic: the recent arrest and imprisonment of […]
By: Erin Brown for WCAX, Sept. 10, 2019 BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) People against the basing of the F-35 jets in Burlington went to Senator Patrick Leahy’s office on Tuesday for the second time this week. Seven people gathered outside of his office building at 4:30 p.m. and walked together upstairs to the senator’s office to confront […]
By: Cat Viglienzoni for WCAX, Sept 10, 2019 BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) Two veterans concerned about F-35 jets coming to Vermont were arrested Monday after police cited them for trespassing during a sit-in at Sen. Patrick Leahy’s office in Burlington. Police cited Rosanne Greco and Roger Bourassa after they sat in the senator’s office for a couple of hours […]
By: Aidan Quigley for VTDigger, Sept. 9, 2019 BURLINGTON — Police arrested two retired Air Force officers Monday evening for refusing to leave Sen. Patrick Leahy’s office in downtown Burlington, as part of an ongoing protest against the basing of F-35s at Burlington International Airport. Retired Col. Rosanne Greco and retired Lt. Col. Roger Bourassa […]