Tuesday, June 4th, 2013 Rome Italy “With Italy mired in recession and struggling with public finances, the money saved by eliminating a single F-35 could be used to build 387 day care centres or renovate 258 schools, according to a motion signed by 158 parliamentarians in the lower house Chamber of Deputies.” We can easily do without […]
Monday, June 3rd, 2013 Burlington VT Burlington Free Press Reports: A joint statement from the congressional delegation and the governor reiterated the group’s support for the plane: “We continue to believe basing the plane in South Burlington will be good for the future of the Vermont Air Guard and for the state’s economy,” the statement said. […]
Monday, June 3rd, 2013 Burlington VT he Air Force has admitted that its critics in Vermont have been right all along – that basing the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in Burlington, the state’s only area with population at urban-concentration levels, will render thousands more homes “unsuitable for residential use” than originally estimated. Journalist, William Boardman, […]
Monday, June 3rd, 2013 Burlington VT Opponents are ready to meet with Senators Patrick Leahy, Bernard Sanders, Congressman Welch, Vermont Governor Shumlin, Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger, Winooski Mayor Michael O’Brien (supporters all) anywhere, anytime about the basing of F-35 Warplanes at BTV. Wilson Ring of the Associated writes in his article released a few hours […]
Monday, June 3rd, 2013 Burlington Vermont Several hundred citizens of Chittenden County gathered at Burlington’s Unitarian Universalist Church Thursday evening to conduct a “citizens hearing” and express their ever-increasing opposition to the coming arrival of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. From the moment of BTV’s selection as a home base for the new […]
Monday, June 3rd, 2013 Ottawa Canada Article from the Ottawa Citizen newspaper Please call me (Chris Hurd) at 802.238.5256 so I can get your name, email address and phone number so we can be in two way communication immediately.
Sunday, June 2nd, 2013 Burlington Vermont This morning the largest paper circulated in Vermont, The Burlington FREE Press and their Editorial Editor issued a major article confirming that there are serious implications concerning the F-35’s coming to Vermont and too many unanswered questions. The BFP and Mr. Soga wrote that the time is now for a […]
Saturday, June 1st, 2013 Burlington VT This important article appeared in today’s BFP written by John Briggs. In the article, the journalist reveals what opposition forces have been railing against all along. That these numbers were “fudged” using outdated census information, as the Boston Globe article pointed out, five weeks ago and that the actual numbers […]
May 29th, 2013 South Burlington, VT An article by journalist John Herrick of Vermont Digger: In a neighborhood dubbed, “Little Detroit” by a resident who lives there Vermont residents voiced their opposition to bringing next-generation Air Force fighter jets to South Burlington amid the rain and echo of passing F-16s Wednesday. Please call me (Chris Hurd) […]
May 31st, 2013 Burlington VT Vermont Digger journalist, John Herrick, reports that a former designer of Air Force fighter jets added his voice to the chorus of opposition to basing a next-generation war plane at Burlington International Airport. Please call me (Chris Hurd) at 802.238.5256 so I can get your name, email address and phone number […]