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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1974
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
The Bennington floor meeting adopts an 18 month budget covering January 1, 1974 to June 30, 1975. Officials and selectmen offer limited clarification, noting Vermont towns may choose fiscal years with school districts mandated to align. The article explains past calendar year budgeting and tax collection practices and the resulting interest costs from mid year borrowing. Next March, voters will be asked to...
The town discusses a July 1975 to June 1976 budget and a pay as you go tax approach to avoid borrowing. Officials note a potential 18 month revenue gap and consider splitting the levy into installments to ease public acceptance. A Bennington floor meeting ends with a microphone complaint and calls for clearer or improved sound.
A reader recalls snowy days, bearskin coats, and moonlit fields while lamenting lack of electricity on Maple Hill. He describes seeking 18th century charm fused with 20th century comforts as CVPS extends power and an electric kitchen and lights to the home.
An elderly narrator reflects on aging, winter endurance, and choosing climates as life extends. He muses that humans migrate for many reasons, from economy to health, noting his own move from Vermont to Georgia and contemplating seasonal living as a community strategy.
A reader attacks Bennington officials led by Norton Barber Ed Lamb and selectmen for a slick 18 month budget misdirection. He warns a July start year would force taxpayers to pay two taxes in 1974 and 1975 to cover old and new fiscal years. He demands clarity and notes a pattern echoing Washington.
Reading about Searsburg Vermont town meeting with its history and spring imagery, the piece contrasts local democracy in action with national impeachment talk on Nixon. The column weaves in personal notes about spring signs, community chatter, and a sharp aside on political calculation at the federal level.
The speaker argues impeachment is about upholding trust and preventing presidential overreach, warning that defining impeachable offenses as purely criminal could erode checks on power. He says 435 congressmen will weigh Nixon's actions on their constitutional merit, not party loyalty, to protect the republic.
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