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This commentary is by Stephen Whitaker of Montpelier, an author who has worked for 30 years on integrating planning, government transparency and accountability, public records access and more recently utility networks resiliency.
We should all take some time to appreciate that in Vermont we don’t have dozens of people drowning in a desperate, overcrowded raft accident, crossing the English Channel to safety. Or adults and children burning to death in a bus crash returning from Hajj, as in Bulgaria. Or maliciously mowed down at a holiday parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
Our public safety may often be taken for granted in Vermont. But it’s important to recognize the very real need for substantial investments in, and ongoing maintenance of, our public safety infrastructure. These investments are essential to assure that not only can we call for help when we or a loved one needs it, but that those responding will have reliable communications service everywhere necessary to deliver that assistance…
