We all know an election is near because roadsides are awash with campaign signs and our mailboxes are flooded with flyers. While I had to think about my vote for some positions, I knew what exactly how to vote for Vermont’s next Attorney General.

My husband Arnie Gundersen and I unequivocally endorse TJ Donovan for Attorney General in the August 28th Democratic primary, and each one of us has already voted for TJ.

As a mediator and paralegal, I am deeply committed to a restorative justice model that involves the community in the corrections’ process.  When I first met TJ Donovan in 2006 during his Chittenden County State’s Attorney campaign, he made some impressive promises. I liked his creative ideas, but honestly wondered if TJ would follow through once in office or like many other politicians in Vermont, simply look the other way.  

TJ delivered on those promises by involving the stakeholder community in a task force that looked at Chittenden County’s criminal justice system through a new lens, sought grant money and made organizational changes to assure that transition did happen.

Vermont is a brand. It symbolizes clean air and water, healthy food, and a safe place to live.  Powerful corporations leaking toxic substances into our waterways and aquifers and pushing GMO’s are thwarting Vermont’s laws and regulations.

Arnie’s nuclear safety and engineering expert testimony keeps Fairewinds working with national and international attorneys every day.  We know first hand that law is nuanced and attorneys require skill and perseverance, and that is why we voted for TJ Donovan as Vermont’s next Attorney General. We want an Attorney General who puts Vermonters, their needs, and their laws ahead of corporate malfeasance.

Your vote in this primary assures a quality candidate like TJ Donovan in the November election.  Vote today.

If you are undecided, visit www.donovan2012.com to learn more about TJ and why he is the only choice for Vermont’s next AG.

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Remember Town Meeting Day?

    It is a Vermont tradition to exercise your right to vote, and if you ignore this primary, you are letting others choose your candidate(s). The August 28th Primary is no less important than town meeting day because your ‘primary vote’ chooses the candidates for the November ballot.  

We voted for TJ Donovan for Attorney General and ask you to do the same.    

In closing, I would like to share this clarification:

I am the president and founder of Fairewinds Associates (2003) in Burlington and the founding director of Fairewinds Energy Education 501c3 non-profit, founded in 2008.

Arnie Gundersen is the nuclear engineer who served on the Vermont Yankee Oversight Panel, consulted to the Vermont State Legislature, and testifies worldwide regarding nuclear safety issues. He is the chief engineer for Fairewinds.

Fairewinds Energy Education nonprofit is recognized around the world for its nuclear safety work. View our work at www.fairewinds.org Following the Fukushima Daiichi accident in 2011, the Huffington Post called Fairewinds the ‘go to site’ for nuclear safety information.

Our book Fukushima Daiichi: The Truth and the Future was number one on the amazon.jp science list for months. The book has sold more than 30,000 copies in Japan, and I am currently working on the English version.