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Editor of the Reformer,
It seems to me that the people that actually live in Brattleboro, as well as The Brattleboro Select Board, should determine how we want the Brattleboro Police Department run, not the people who live in Guilford. Itâs none of their business.
Next, somebody wrote in the Reformer, calling Brattleboro a city; Iâve lived in Brattleboro since 1945 and I never knew Brattleboro was a city. Really, who is the mayor of Brattleboro? Rutland, Burlington and Montpelier are cities; Brattleboro, Bellows Falls and Springfield are towns.
Robert Page
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Editorâs note: Last week, the Brattleboro Select Board approved amending an ordinance to limit what landlords can initially charge tenants to one monthâs rent and a security deposit not to exceed the same amount. The ordinance will go into effect in 60 days unless a petition to overturn it is signed by 5 percent of the townâs voters and submitted within 44 days.
To the editor:
We are writing this letter to the Reformer to provide a private landlordâs perspective on the Tenantâs Union proposal that Brattleboro adopt an ordinance capping the amount of money a landlord can ask for move-in costs that would result in eliminating a landlordâs ability to seek first and last monthâs rent and a security deposit upon move-in.
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Editor of the Reformer,
On Dec. 7, Brattleboro Common Senseâs Hannah Van Dusen and Adam Marchesseault, as well as consulting retired Scottish Constable Graeme Donald, attended Brattleboroâs Community Safety Review Committee meeting where BCSâs SAFE (Sensible Alternatives to Fatal Escalation) Policing proposal was discussed.
SAFE Policing is an exciting new proposal that seeks to eliminate the body-carry of firearms by most police officers performing routine patrols. Citing research on the Weaponâs Effect, the General Aggression Model and a phenomenon that BCS has termed âFirearm-Stimulated Responses,â we maintain that if police officers did not routinely carry firearms, our community members, our officers, and our communities at large would be safer. The Community Safety Review Committee is presently considering this proposal as they prepare to provide recommendations to the Brattleboro Select Board on how the town can best utilize its resources to pro