(Keeping with our promotion of candidate diaries. Cheney is running in the Washington County Senate primary. – promoted by GMD)

In 2010 spaceship earth shows worrisome signs of wear.  Economic collapse, loss of jobs, lack of public money to help those who need it, global warming, melting ice caps, highly polluting fuel sources, and political gridlock, to name a few causes.

The Vermont solutions are obvious. Keep Vermont Dollars in Vermont. Promote green energy and the technology that it requires, promote local farms, restructure health care, encourage public transportation, build information highways, and insist on a state tax system that is progressive.  Use tax policy to achieve these goals. Maintain an excellent education system. Where else will we find leaders?

There is creativity in Vermont, a lot of it generated by the Democratic Party.   We’ll need it next biennium. A budget that protects those who need help while keeping the best of Vermont, clean air, clean water, open government, progressive laws, and reasoned dialogue about issues will bring us through.