Big vote next week.....

Big vote next week on Vermont Yankee nuclear power. Feb 24^th in Montpelier. My hope is that they shut it down. It only supplies 10% of our energy is responsible for 80% of our surface water withdrawals. We need to help patch the hole in Brattleboro’s economy if it leaves. Most residents of Brattleboro seem more scared of having it than losing it. It will take three to five years to seal it up and in the interim maybe a new business can move in. Bottling companies need fresh water and our groundwater is already being exported by Nestle and Coca Cola. A good place for tax revenue also. We should earn money off of our resources like Alaska does off of its oil.