Above clip (approx. 3 1/2 minutes) from when the Burlington City Council refused to limit aircraft noise at the airport, thereby clearing the way for the basing process to continue. Councilor Joan Shannon changed the meeting’s rules at the last minute, disallowing anyone who had ever spoken before on the issue to speak at that […]
The day after the Citizens’ Hearing at the UU Church in Burlington, the United States Air Force issued their revised Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) thus triggering a 45 day legal window for public comment that closes July 15th, 2013!!! Everyone MUST email Nicholas Germanos at the email address below and tell him why THE F-35’s […]
This letter was sent by US mail to members of our Congressional delegation and Mayor Weinberger and Mayor O’Brien. Concerned Burlington Area Religious Leaders c/o 209 North Prospect Street, Burlington, Vermont 05401 December 6, 2012 We have listened carefully to the debate about whether or not F35 jets are to be bedded at our airport. […]
By WCAX, December 9, 2018 Transcript and video here: FULL ARTICLE
By Darren Perron for WCAX, December 6, 2018 BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) The Vermont National Guard is under fire. As the Guard responds to accusations of toxic behavior, our Darren Perron spoke with one of the whistleblowers about why he came forward. “I know the Vermont National Guard as a whole is a great organization,” Lt. Col. […]
On MilitaryCorruption.com, November 30, 2018 Many years ago, there were TV commercials that said, “I’d walk a mile for a camel (cigarette).” When the Gulf War broke out, the sailors, soldiers and Marines had t-shirts created showing a camel in the cross-hairs of a rifle scope with the caption, “I traveled 10,000 miles to smoke […]
By Lisa Rathke for the Associate Press, published by Air Force Times, December 7, 2018 COLCHESTER, Vt. — The head of the Vermont National Guard on Thursday disputed the characterization of the Guard’s culture that was reported in a series of news articles that included allegations of excessive drinking and sexual misconduct among some members. […]
By: Jack Thurston for NECN, December 6, 2018 Leadership of the Vermont National Guard reiterated a commitment Thursday to take seriously issues of sexual violence, alcohol use, and gender equality. The move follows bruising reports by an online news source that described allegations of serious culture problems within the Vermont Guard. “We are not a […]
By: John Banner Baird and Maleeha Sayd for Burlington Free Press, December 6, 2018 Maj. Gen. Steven Cray, the top commander of the Vermont National Guard, on Thursday faulted a news outlet for reporting unflattering articles about sexual misconduct and drinking on the base — but did not dispute the accuracy of the reports. A […]
December 7, 2018– Video by CCTV VIEW FULL PRESS CONFERENCE HERE
By Colin Meyn and Jasper Craven for VTDigger, December 6, 2018 Gov. Phil Scott joined Vermont’s top general Thursday to defend the Vermont National Guard’s response to sexual misconduct and other bad behavior outlined in a series of articles published over the past two weeks by VTDigger. “As we have seen throughout time in many areas and in many […]
By: Paul Heinz for SevenDays, December 6, 2018 Gov. Phil Scott on Thursday brushed off allegations that the Vermont National Guard is plagued by a culture of sexual impropriety and alcohol abuse, referring to recently reported incidents as the actions of “an occasional bad apple.” During a press conference at the Guard’s Colchester headquarters, Scott expressed full […]
By Jasper Craven for VTDigger, December 4, 2018 The New England chapter of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod has commenced an investigation into the Williamstown Lutheran Church’s pastor, Calvin Kemp, who was the subject of a recent VTDigger report that detailed allegations of sexual misconduct by Kemp in his role as a chaplain at the Vermont National Guard. […]