Darryl Benjamin News Today

President obama met with congressional leaders to discuss the crisis in iraq, hours after iraq asked the u. S. For assistance. It is in our National Security interest to counter i. S. I. L. Wherever we find them. If i. S. I. L. Succeeds, it will pose a threat to the security of this nation. No one hurt or injured. I believe he should be prosecuted in a federal court. Gitmo is the Perfect Place to keep him. I believe the Great Pacific garbage patch can clean itself in five years. We created the m...

President obama met with congressional leaders to discuss the crisis in iraq, hours after assistance. It is in our National Security interest to counter i. S. I. L. Wherever we find them. If i. S. I. L. Succeeds, it will pose a threat to the security of this nation. No one hurt or injured. I believe he should be prosecuted in a federal court. Gitmo is the Perfect Place to keep him. I believe the Great Pacific garbage patch can clean itself in five years. We created the mess. Please, dont tell me...

Reported Incidents for March 21-27 100 blk. of Justice Center Rd, Donna Cayson, 50, of Penrose, was arrested for an outstanding arrest warrant. 800 blk. of Zona St, Darryl Benjamin, 32, was arrested for Criminal Impersonation, Drove under Restraint, and Failed to stop/ Yield Right of Way as Required at Stop Sign. 800 blk. of […]

Reported Incidents for Jan. 4-10 100 blk. of Justice Center Rd, Mathew Wood Jr., 28, was issued an arrest summons for Violation of a Restraining Order and Domestic Violence. 3100 blk. of Highway 50, Robin Dilger, 55, of Coal Creek, was issued an arrest summons for Theft and Third–Degree Criminal Trespass. 3100 blk. of Highway […]

Reported Incidents for Sept. 14-20 1000 blk. of Park Ave, Alyssa Vandoren, 33, was arrested for Assault in the Second-Degree with Intent to Cause Injury and Domestic Violence. 3100 blk. of Highway 50, Darryl Benjamin, 32, was issued an arrest summons for Theft. 3000 blk. of Highway 50, Joseph Cox, 39, of Florence, was arrested […]

Incident Report for Aug. 31 to Sept. 6 1000 blk. of Woodlawn Ave, Michael Leonard, 29, was arrested for an outstanding arrest warrant. 3100 blk. of Highway 50, Kehinde Jackson, 47, was issued an arrest summons for Third-Degree Criminal Trespass. 100 blk. of McCormick Pkwy, Kehinde Jackson, 47, was issued an arrest summons for Trespass and […]

It shook me to my very core to even imagine the existential horror of talking to someone with a different opinion than my own. 

I will leave the mean-spirited generalizations about the people who live in Florida alone in this rebuttal to Darryl Benjamin’s commentary and present facts.  Florida is 52.7 % white, 26.8% Hispanic and 17% Black while Vermont is 92.2 white, 2.2% Hispanic, and 1.5% Black from U.S. Census data. Not much for Vermont to brag about there.  Additionally, it is well documented that Black Americans are leaving liberal Northeast blue cities like New York and Chicago, among others, and heading for (t...

To Darryl Benjamin: Being a senior citizen in Vermont, I take issue with the blatant ageism of your commentary.  Sure, Florida attracts the over-65 crowd who, like your wife, are sick of the cold. It also attracts lots of much younger people for the same reason. I cringe every time I hear some under-65 person whine about Vermont winter weather. What else should they expect, living in northern New England. Your ageism also overlooks the Vermont style of Trumper, the under-50 crowd with pick/ups ...

I feel the need to address the blatant ageism in Darryl Benjamin’s column on the heartbreak of moving to Florida.  I am sorry, but not surprised, to read of the hateful experiences he has had from his neighbors and strangers. His theory that the rage-filled conservatism is because of the number of old people in Florida is spurious at best and hateful and harmful at worst.  I am an old person who happens to live in Vermont. Most of my friends are old people. I would like to remind Mr. Benjami...