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State Representative (Orleans County) Scott Wheeler, was nice enough to send me a very candid article containing several heated remarks from around the USA concerning the tragic death of 12 year old Brooke Bennett of Randolph. I’m currently waiting for his permission to post it here, so stay tuned. It is more than likely you won’t see it posted throughout any other Vermont media outlets.

Let’s just say that the letter writers are angry and very upset with Vermont’s liberal policies towards sex offenders. One of them from Chicago, refers to Vermont as “the absolute toilet bowl of this country”. Maybe they have a point. For years, many of us native Vermonters have been aware of a well used phrase “Come to Vermont if you want to get away with murder”. Since the 1970′s and the influx of out of state liberals to Vermont, the legal system went from crime and punishment to a “forget about the victim and let’s hug the offender” attitude.

Somewhere along the lines, hapless murder and rape victims took second stage to the rights and concerns of the creeps who perpetrated such horrendous crimes. Yeah, that’s right…creeps. Not politically correct enough? Tough. My 15 year old sister was brutally murdered in Vermont in the 1980′s and the creep who killed her is out of jail (like many other creeps and scumbags) walking the streets and school yards of Vermont.

Like everyone else, throughout the USA and what remains of normal Vermont, I was appalled by the lurid details surrounding the death of Brooke Bennett. Even more disgusting was the fact that at least one of the suspects, was a previous offender who should have been treated to a lethal injection cocktail or at the very least, locked up for good. There are a lot of highly educated stooges in Vermont who believe that rehabilitation and group hugs are the answer to everything. Well, they’re wrong again and their fancy degrees obviously don’t include an iota of common sense. People don’t change. Some do a better job of hiding it than others. Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic, as the saying goes.

So yes folks around the USA, some of us understand why you’re appalled and disgusted with our state of Vermont. You have a right to be. Many Vermonters are frustrated when hearing our state being dragged down by the national media for all sorts of offbeat, sordid events. Others revel in it and call it revolutionary. Many of us wish they would take their revolution somewhere else.

Vermont used to be known for hard working, middle class folks, maple syrup, scenic mountains and lakes. The old-timers had common sense, a trait the enlightened newcomers didn’t bring along with them when they moved here several decades ago. VT local newscasts are no longer concerned with farming and soldiers, etc. Naked people are a big media event in Vermont these days so it’s not really any wonder that the darker, more deviant sexual elements aren’t far behind. Nope, Vermont ain’t what it used to be!