To Senator Leahy on Election Day
Senator Leahy,
Due to your unwavering stance on basing the F-35 in Burlington, I
will no longer support and or vote for you! That goes for any of our
elected officials in Vermont, Welch, Shumlin, Sanders for that
matter. It amazes me how you all can be so easily swayed by big
business and the military. I am unaware of any piece of legislation
that you have ever voted against, when it comes to the defense
budget. Especially the latest F-35 scam.
Do you honestly believe that this will be good for Vermont and it’s
residents? How? In what way? Do you even know where the Country Club
Estates in South Burlington is? Because I’d like to invite you
(again) to come and visit us, we’re only about 3,000 feet from the
runway. And if you think the F-16’s are loud, these new jets are
considerably louder. But you don’t give a crap about our quality of
life, it’s pretty obvious. All you care about is supporting the
military no matter the cost.
There are well over 2,000 homes like ours that stand to be negatively
impacted should this basing be passed. And according to one estimate,
that could mean a reduction in home values anywhere between 10-40{33979494efa9b9c28f844b5c37a1ddedf4bb90a2eb3dac7a83ede58b7eac2e67}!
Many of us aren’t as well off as you and the other politicians who’ve
lined their pockets with their huge war chests and can’t afford that
kind of hit on our biggest investment! But you don’t care, you’ll go
home to your nice house (Charlotte perhaps?) and be able to enjoy the
beautiful scenery and peace and quiet, never giving us “pee ons” a
second thought. If you did care, you would change your position and
show some real compassion for the ever shrinking middle class.
You’ve made a pretty living being in public office Senator, with the
support of folks like me, in the past that is! If I were you, I’d
seriously think about what this will do to our OUR communities, not
yours. I bet if it were going in your backyard you might think
otherwise!
Sell out!!
Harold Skorstad, East South Burlington, Vt.