Around 6:30 p.m., the five Democratic candidates for governor will take the stage in Burlington for an hourlong forum where each will answer four questions about Vermont’s environment.
This is the second time the candidates will meet to talk about how they, as governor, would tackle various environmental challenges. The last time, however, Sen. Doug Racine (D-Chittenden), was out of the country at the time.
Tonight’s forum is being hosted by the Vermont League of Conservation Voters, and will be streamed live on WPTZ. It’s being held inside the Main Street Performing Arts Center in Burlington.
This article appears in Nov 18-24, 2009.
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Interested in the stormwater question. I hope the candidates understand that phosphorous pollution from urban & agricultural runoff is a much larger contributor than wastewater treatment plant P. Any stormwater solution should be focused on treating farmers’ manure and impervious surface runoff, not expensive upgrades to wastewater treatment plants. We don’t have unlimited funds around, and stormwater treatment is a much better bang for the buck.
These questions are like a “push poll.” There is only one “acceptable/correct” response to any of these questions: tell the audience exactly what they want to hear. This is precisely what’s wrong with US politics. Interest groups hold “debates” (that’s a joke) and candidates show up and say, “Absolutely! Your’e right! I’m more in line with you than my primary opponents to my left and right!”This is totally and completely ridiculous.Anyone who attends one of these things and who expects to hear an honest answer is a complete idiot.
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