At first, I was excited to find this mention of my birthplace:
Published on Tuesday, May 10, 2005 by the Rutland Herald
Sanders' Forums Take Aim at Poverty
by Kim Smith Dedam, Southern Vermont Bureau
SPRINGFIELD -- Rep. Bernie Sanders walked through the crowded cafeteria at Springfield High School Monday night and stopped every few feet to greet people.
They had come to the first of four congressional town meetings organized by the Independent lawmaker to talk about poverty.
And they came in droves. There were easily 250 people in the room.
"We didn't expect half as many people," a stunned Sanders said.
"This is an incredible turnout. This shows you poverty is a real issue that doesn't get the discussion people want," he said. .....
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Apparently, things are still pretty tough in that part of Vermont, since I last visited in Oct., 03.
I think the biggest employer to come there in the past decade was a prison. (Probably more jobs than the Howard Dean vocational center?)
What would I be doing now, if I had remained there, instead of moving away as a baby?
Hard to say... I'd probably would've died from the cold.