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    My Truth About Suing the Press    
    Sunday, August 29 2010 @ 12:56 PM GMT+5
    Contributed by: EmilyP

    OpinionMany people have been angered at the suit I prepared against the press, and I have not had too much time to rsvp to all the concerns. I hope to clear them up here. The premise is that YOU, the VOTER is in charge, not the press, and YOU must have the exposure to the platform to make a full decision.

    The Press has its freedom of speech to allow for unbridled criticism of government, my running for governor is just that.

    I do not feel I owe anyone an apology, and I do ask that people see beyond the suit to the problem that you do not get the full range of choices when the press does not cover, by their own intitiative, those servants who have gotten on the ballot. Yes, I am on the ballot, in November.

    There have been 40 +forums, to which I was invited to 2. The ONLY paper in VT that has sought ME out was the Vermont Commons. All other press you see or have seen has been a result of lots of contact starting from me and my helpers behind the scenes.

    The catch 22 is that they won't cover me before I am on the ballot ( before june) because I am unofficial, and then after they won't cover me until I get 5% of the polls.

    Without coverage or a big bank account- gotten from smoozing, something I am not into, the majority do not have means by which to make an opinion.

    Furthermore, freedom of speech, is not equivalent of supression of speech by one over another, although the legal industry has morphed it to mean, nonethless, it is not.

    I had the unfortunate experience of being in a predicament of filing lawsuits against the Town of Bratt, and the Reformer and the Senior Ctr over a decade ago. Because I won them all I have a false sense of accomplishment, and am fooled into thinking I could use that experience to help make things fairer for voters in the future,if not now. So we don't always have to choose between 2 evils. You will have 4 or 5 evils to choose from (lol)!

    In truth, I have the legal premise and the argument, but since the law has been co-opted by the commercial code, it would be a battle that would not only drain me personally, but possibly endanger me.

    I have very little desire to repeat the stress of a lawsuit. The suits I won were only won because the defendants underestimated my intelligence and made stupid sloppy mistakes because I was a neophyte. As well, my then-husband could intimidate the lawyers and put the fear of God into them quite well. Also the Reformer made fun of the sitting Judge in a stupid way so that he was disposed to rule against them and for us.

    We also had the truth. But the truth is not enough.

    The truth is, that EITHER the Republican OR THE Democrat that you have a choice of in November, will do nothing more than re-slice an ever-shrinking pie; with YOU on the wrong end of the fork.

    AS it appears on my website and was posted here,the suit is too long, and more a stream of thought than anything else. To be ready to file it should be shorter. Much shorter, one or two pages.

    In short I do feel as if it is a civil rights issue, that we should have choices. Choices that we learn of through the free means of the press. So we can have Leaders that come from the common people, if you will. If we are to be a government by the people, and of the people, we need to find a way to allow humble people to lead us! Are we not now being ruled by the wealthy for the benefit of greed? !

    I hope you understand this. I want the other candidates to answer to my platform proposals: see Free Money. I want them implimented for all of Vermont.

    . My frustration is your frustration that things are going so badly for our economy when they don't have to !

    I have a very important means to deliver to the people of Vermont by way of reclaiming the monetary system to benefit the people . WE are in a critical time. No one is offering these solutions that is running. I have no money, and do not want that much of it.
    All these things being so I hope you can begin to focus on the platform and if I do file, it will be after lots of prayer, and work to word it shorter, and only after filing an intent first so that the recipients will have an opportunity to avoid litigation through mediation and compromise.

    You will not find the record of these suits under Emily Peyton , but rather under Pezz, my former name.

    Be well, and thank you for reading

     

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    My Truth About Suing the Press
    Authored by: annikee on Sunday, August 29 2010 @ 03:11 PM GMT+5
    Well, I don't know quite what to say here. I do agree that the parties all seem to assume they're omnipotent in VT. But that's where we part again.

    Was Pezz your former last name or was it a legal one-name, like Madonna or Liza?

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    How many apple places is there country in the old person?
    My Truth About Suing the Press
    Authored by: EmilyP on Monday, August 30 2010 @ 10:13 AM GMT+5
    My legal name was Pezz. Peyton is my maiden name.
    My Truth About Suing the Press
    Authored by: annikee on Monday, August 30 2010 @ 06:07 PM GMT+5
    So it was a single name, like Madonna or Cher?

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    How many apple places is there country in the old person?
    My Truth About Suing the Press
    Authored by: jude on Sunday, August 29 2010 @ 03:30 PM GMT+5

    Emily's motivations are sincere, even if her methods aren't following what we consider the traditional path.

    If someone wants to run a homespun campaign that doesn't play by the rules, and which points out flaws in our democratic process, should we should first examine what she's doing to see if she has a point. I know some wiseacres will say, "no," because although some of what she's doing is hard to watch, you can't deny either her courage or her commitment.

    Emily's right about this: If you can't get funded or are disinterested in chasing funding, you are essentially an outsider to the political process. Are we sure that outsiders to the political process have nothing to contribute? That's questionable logic. We can all think of many who were outsiders once that are no longer. That doesn't mean everyone has a point. But Emily isn't asking for free cheese donations to left-handed Martians. She's importing ideas that make some sense & which deserve consideration. They're just not couched in dulcet prose.

    Before we waste time rolling our eyes at Emily's lack of a wardrobe manager and communications team, let's see if, first, she's maybe got a point to make?

    BUT. The lawsuit. Bad idea. Suing the underfunded local press will just put it out of business and that's not good for anyone. Emily, you're not attacking the right people. Drop the suit.

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    Bob Jude Ferrante
    Managing Director
    Sanctuary: Playwrights Theatre

    My Truth About Suing the Press
    Authored by: EmilyP on Monday, August 30 2010 @ 09:58 AM GMT+5
    yes, even a homeless man up in Montpelier who
    recognized me said be nice to the press. I agree the press
    at our level are the very people who would also benefit
    from reclaiming the banking system. But How, Bob, How
    do you get them to cover you ? I have asked them all
    politely, and with humor, and they just brush me under
    the rug like a bug. They would cover me if I got arrested,
    or did something outrageous.

    Its simply that we don't have a lot of time, the longer
    these proposals stay out of the press, the more we lose
    the economic war to the corporate powers who are truly
    not looking out for ANY of the Vermonters.

    Without press ocverage, forum or debate invites, how
    will people get the power I want to give them? I feel they
    only seem to want the power to squash me!

    My Truth About Suing the Press
    Authored by: pjmelton on Monday, August 30 2010 @ 10:05 AM GMT+5
    I have read about you in several papers and here on iBratt, and heard you on VPR. I think you are getting an unusually broad forum for an independent candidate with no money and virtually no following - and before the general election campaigning has even begun.

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    "The whole shadow of Man is only as big as his hat. " -- Elizabeth Bishop
    My Truth About Suing the Press
    Authored by: EmilyP on Tuesday, August 31 2010 @ 12:02 PM GMT+5
    the homeless man was offended, he actually has had a home
    for a year and is quite wise.
    My Truth About Suing the Press
    Authored by: EmilyP on Monday, August 30 2010 @ 10:19 AM GMT+5
    I agree, I would like to drop the plan of suing the press. I
    think it is a confrontational approach, i dodn't know how else
    to confront the problem without putting it in that context. I
    am open to ideas . Anyone? Annakee ? Barbara lew? Who has
    the way to get the plans outs there, with me or without ?
    My Truth About Suing the Press
    Authored by: babalu on Monday, August 30 2010 @ 10:46 AM GMT+5
    I once posed privately, that I couldn't figure out if your goal was to win an election and be a governor, or to gather fodder for a lawsuit. You never did reply to that.

    I can't give you suggestions on how to "get the plans out there" - and since you aren't specific, I don't know if you mean a plan for a lawsuit or the plan described in your article "Free Money", but I can tell you that if I had a plan I wanted "out there" I would start by running for an office ONLY after lining up ample support from numerous others before jumping in. Even Fred Tuttle saw that support before the plan was the only thing that made him "the man with a plan".

    He won support based on virtually nothing but being the man with a plan - and in debates would ask humorous questions about things like local lingo - nothing political. Yet, he won many votes at the polls and beat his multi-million dollar opponent.

    What do you suppose Fred Tuttle really exampled in this political exercise that won so many votes?
    My Truth About Suing the Press
    Authored by: tomaidh on Monday, August 30 2010 @ 06:02 PM GMT+5
    There is a great difference between “Man With A Plan”, the movie, and “Man With a Plan”, the candidate.
    In the former, a retired dairy farmer with an endearing manner and a good sense of humor propelled himself into a personality.
    The latter was a brilliant piece of political strategy by the Dems. Parlaying his popularity, they ran Tuttle in the Republican primary against an unpopular, wealthy carpetbagger (he had a home in VT, but really lived in Fla.) Tarrant was not equipped to face an amateur politician. He, in turn shot himself in the foot with a self-congratulatory “autobiography” campaign.
    Tuttle won and threw his support to Leahy.
    Tuttle's only plan, in either the movie or the primary, was a script.

    That being said, Emily has a message - a good one - about how our financial system works against most of us, and how we, in Vermont can change that system so it works for us.

    The problem is...how do we get that message out?
    My Truth About Suing the Press
    Authored by: babalu on Monday, August 30 2010 @ 06:25 PM GMT+5
    Point being he got his support because of the movie and later won the election.

    Had he just started campaigning the way Emily did, he'd have been out in the potato patch shouting obscenities at passersby or making potato soup in error when it was clam chowder he wanted, and then going on to loudly blame the passersby for screwing up his recipe. By the time the polls opened, he would have been in jail.

    If someone decides they're going to run for office, seems to me the plan to "spread the word" should have been there long before now.

    Meantime, she's not making any friends and the ones she does make can't stick around for the outcome; look at what she's done to me as an example.

    So, she wants to do it without money - there's an obvious consequence to that. However, if she had money and the words were still as fresh as the spring air, I think she'd have to bow out, already. It may be a blessing in disguise that she's had a lower level of coverage. There's a chance to make it to November.

    And had she chosen to run Repub or dem, she'd be back on the farm already because the primary is over.

    So if it's a common good bank you want, does someone actually have to win a gubernatorial election to start one? These ideas are not for a Governor to make alone; so even if by some miracle she won (not a chance, but let's say she does) then what is she going to do? Dictate to the legislature her next steps and sue them if they don't comply?

    There's no short cut here for either of you. Sorry. It's the long, slow, lonely road or none at all. Meantime, as I said, there might be one crackpot who wants to throw a few million at the bank; and if I were you, I'd go find that person, first.

    My Truth About Suing the Press
    Authored by: Lee on Monday, August 30 2010 @ 08:21 PM GMT+5
    Actually, Fred Tuttle ran against Jack McMullen and the story was that there was concern that Jack was a carpetbagger who moved to Vermont from Massachusetts to specifically spend his money to fund a run for the Senate. My favorite memory was in the debate when Fred asked Jack to pronounce some of the names of our Vermont towns....one was "Calais" which Jack pronounced like the French name Cal-Lay and we all joined in the laughter...
    My Truth About Suing the Press
    Authored by: babalu on Monday, August 30 2010 @ 08:25 PM GMT+5
    Yes, it was a riot. I liked the debates. They were hysterical. Fred ran as a repub and then once he won, gave his support to the dem - and that was great fun, too.
    My Truth About Suing the Press
    Authored by: paulgardner on Thursday, September 02 2010 @ 07:30 AM GMT+5
    Concur totally.
    My favorite moment was when Tuttle asked McMullen how many tits on a cow. Turned out McMullen had milked one earlier in the day at a campaign stop, but he blanked and said six...
    Imo, that was the moment he really lost VT voters (not that he ever had them).
    My Truth About Suing the Press
    Authored by: pjmelton on Monday, August 30 2010 @ 12:03 PM GMT+5
    I am not sure what message you want to send, but if you want to be taken seriously, step one is to act like you are a serious person. And I don't think that suing the hometown paper over lack of coverage convinces people that you are a serious person.

    If you want people to take you seriously, don't use your platform to whine about how no one takes you seriously. Whatever you think about the political process, whining is unattractive behavior.

    Think of Sarah Palin. I continue to be amazed that people seem to think Sarah Palin is a serious contender for public office. The fact is, she is extremely unpopular except among a very small group of people who practically worship her. But she is unpopular because she uses her platform to whine and pout and say nasty things in that sneering way of hers. That is a pretty good way to get attention, but not a good way to win support for ideas.

    If you want to get some ideas going, you are much better off lobbying someone who is already in office rather than trying to run. It's admirable to try to change the conversation by running for political office - even if you have no chance of winning, like Dennis Kucinich did. But if you are going to play that game, you have to understand the rules, and the rules say that people who are actually in contention are the ones who get most of the media coverage. It's even more brutal and thankless and exhausting than running for office when you actually DO have a chance of winning, but that's just the way it works.

    So if you do get into this game, knowing the rules ahead of time, and then you complain about the rules every time someone puts a microphone up to your mouth, no one actually hears your message.

    I thought your interview on VPR was good, but my main impression of you as a candidate involves your complaints about not being in the papers. Is that what you want your message to be? If not, stop talking about it.

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    "The whole shadow of Man is only as big as his hat. " -- Elizabeth Bishop
    My Truth About Suing the Press
    Authored by: annikee on Monday, August 30 2010 @ 06:06 PM GMT+5
    I'd listen to Paula, she's a professional PR person.

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    How many apple places is there country in the old person?
    Thank you.
    Authored by: EmilyP on Tuesday, August 31 2010 @ 11:55 AM GMT+5
    Thank you for the guidance. I will let it go. I do know the
    process, I have seen it with Kucinich, and I wanted
    fairness
    where it wasn't. I don't have time to discuss this here.
    But I
    believe that it was couterproductive to think in legal terms
    and express them because it has distracted from the
    message of the platofrm. I tried to clear that up here. And
    unless someone
    else has a point to make, I think we can move on, and I
    will
    refer any future questions to this thread on ibrattleboro.
    My Truth About Suing the Press
    Authored by: Genie on Monday, August 30 2010 @ 04:20 PM GMT+5
    Yes. Good idea. Drop the law suit.

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    Wonders Never Cease.
    My Truth About Suing the Press
    Authored by: javanyet on Sunday, August 29 2010 @ 09:28 PM GMT+5
    This is confusing... in a comment to the Burlington Free Press you denied that you ever intended to sue and said this was some sort of private writing you engaged in to "work through" your frustration. In fact you stated that some other person posted the statements apparently without your knowledge. This sudden claim of a different name is more than a little strange, as well.

    In any case there was never a law, "co opted by the civil code" or otherwise, that legally guaranteed you a minimum amount of press coverage.

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    "No guts, no glory."
    Bette Davis
    My Truth About Suing the Press
    Authored by: babalu on Monday, August 30 2010 @ 06:59 AM GMT+5
    Is this what you're referencing? The following is the post that was left by Emily Peyton, online, Burlington Free Press, in the comments section, under an article that they kindly published for her:

    "First of all, the suit that was placed on line was posted by someone else, not me, I had written it in private to work through the issues around a corporate owned and discriminatory press. That she posted it has been truly problematic. "

    You are confused for good reason, and I am as well.
    The text of the lawsuit I posted on iBrattleboro was sent to me via email, by Emily Peyton, with the request that I post on iBrattleboro and email the same to the Burlington Free Press, the Brattleboro Reformer, and The Commons. It was also sent to a family member who built and paid for the web hosting of her website, with the instructions to place it online. At no time was it described to those asked to post or publish as a privately written thought to "work through".

    It wasn't until she was met with criticism, and an opinion from someone else that it was a "bad idea", that she thought to disown all accountability and distance herself by placing the accusation of this claimed breach onto others.

    However, that she addresses her suit here brings me some comfort, because there is no mention of the accusation closer to my face; the Free Press being much farther north and possibly a site where she felt some freedom to lie without notice.
    My Truth About Suing the Press
    Authored by: javanyet on Monday, August 30 2010 @ 06:29 PM GMT+5
    That's the one... here is the link: http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20107300312

    Looks like she left it vague enough so that no matter who complains they are being thrown under the bus she can say "I didn't say it was YOU."

    Shabby, unethical, and selfish. Wow, just what we need in Montpelier... not. Too bad, she almost had me impressed with her new, seemingly on-point analysis of her own economic plan.

    Oh well, fool me twice... you know the rest.

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    "No guts, no glory."
    Bette Davis

    My Truth About Suing the Press
    Authored by: babalu on Monday, August 30 2010 @ 06:37 PM GMT+5
    I hope you're kidding me - you've been one of her biggest critics, but somehow THIS explanation "almost" worked for you?
    My Truth About Suing the Press
    Authored by: javanyet on Monday, August 30 2010 @ 06:46 PM GMT+5
    No, it wasn't the substance that almost impressed me... I still think it's hooey.

    But she APPEARED to be presenting it in an adult fashion.

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    "No guts, no glory."
    Bette Davis
    My Truth About Suing the Press
    Authored by: babalu on Monday, August 30 2010 @ 07:03 PM GMT+5
    Well, that's because this agenda is shared with her campaign manager, obviously- and she didn't have to compose it all alone, perhaps? And in fact, it looks more like his writing style than hers, so in my opinion, he at least helped her with a good edit.
    He's part of the Post Oil Solution group. If you go to that site, you'll be able to get the gist of the common good bank they speak of.
    My Truth About Suing the Press
    Authored by: babalu on Monday, August 30 2010 @ 06:40 PM GMT+5
    And how can she say it wasn't me she was referring to? You've pointed out a number of times at various other places that "ibrattleboro, barbaralew" yak yak yak yak yak. I don't post here anonymously -
    My Truth About Suing the Press
    Authored by: javanyet on Monday, August 30 2010 @ 06:57 PM GMT+5
    Jesus H CHRIST did you actually read what I wrote?

    I did NOT say that she wasn't referring to you. I said she would probably SAY she wasn't.

    Are you so eager to be offended that you can't even tell when someone is agreeing that you were ill-treated, and that such behavior proves that the other person is unethical? Christ, what a waste of time.

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    "No guts, no glory."
    Bette Davis
    My Truth About Suing the Press
    Authored by: babalu on Monday, August 30 2010 @ 07:33 PM GMT+5
    Yes, I did read what you wrote this time; and she's already thrown me under the bus; but previous to this time, you had been leaving comments about a "mysterious barbaralew" posting in Emily Peyton's name on "iBrattleboro" - duh - click on my name - if it wasn't so long, I'd use my real name as my screen name because I am a HUGE non-believer in the anonymous post.

    So, I am NO mystery to ANYONE, but the tone of the posting you've done was that I was somehow doing something evil or illegal - and here's the news flash; the message was not mine; and who cares who posted it?

    The words are not mine, and as far as anyone knows, I may not even support her platform - no one ever asked me. (!!) There's been a team trying to rip me a new orifice over rantings that I do not own!

    Couldn't spreading her word could be motivated by and for more than one reason?

    Your problem is that you don't know me. IF you did, you'd know that I FREQUENTLY support other people, when they ask me to, for any issue I agree strongly with or at least feel could fit my personal moral base.

    Ordinarily, if I am asked to help, I stay for the duration. I wanted to for Emily - but for reasons I am not going to state here, I cannot and will not.

    Em Peyton set out to do something and I told her I'd help - with limitations. I don't think it's a disservice to "spread the word" on any candidate.

    The only harm so far, has been to me. And call me late for dinner, but NEVER call me a liar. It's bad enough that this push brought any response from me, and it wouldn't have until she mentions another family member, who also reads these things that are being posted everywhere, and this is a person who worked very hard at helping Em Peyton and built her site to suit her from scratch - not once, but twice.
    My Truth About Suing the Press
    Authored by: EmilyP on Tuesday, August 31 2010 @ 11:37 AM GMT+5
    The fact is the right process is to develop a legal premise,
    and I was exploring that, next is to notify the potential
    defendants and have a potential agreement that is
    mutually
    agreeable before litigation. My premise was if preventing
    the
    aid of public service, a form of negligence is what could be
    claimed, through the suppression of information that
    voters
    need to make informed decisions. . If the platform is
    shared
    I could have 5% of polls, but if I don't have 5% of even
    name recognition, the polls are subsequently impossible to
    win.
    That being said, sueing is not a joy, it is a danger and a
    stressor. I am willing to go to the mat for the people of
    Vermont, and that is all this suit should say to you. I
    thank you for shifting to the proposals away from the
    litigation , if you will.
    draft vs filing intent vs filing actual suit
    Authored by: EmilyP on Tuesday, August 31 2010 @ 11:59 AM GMT+5
    I reiterate, the process is a lengthy one, you must compose a
    suit, through a number of drafts, then you must file a
    notification with the court and the defendent(s) that you
    intend to sue, then you lastly file suit. I write the first draft.
    That is what you saw.
    My Truth About Suing the Press
    Authored by: annikee on Monday, August 30 2010 @ 07:34 AM GMT+5
    Is "My Truth" different from The Truth, and if so, how?

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    How many apple places is there country in the old person?
    My Truth About Suing the Press
    Authored by: Maus Anon E on Monday, August 30 2010 @ 10:31 AM GMT+5
    I think you should sue the elections division, too. I looked on all three ballots last Tuesday, and didn't see your name on any of them.

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    Slán abhaile
    My Truth About Suing the Press
    Authored by: tomaidh on Monday, August 30 2010 @ 05:17 PM GMT+5
    There is no primary for Independents.
    My Truth About Suing the Press
    Authored by: annikee on Monday, August 30 2010 @ 05:19 PM GMT+5
    Here we go again.

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    How many apple places is there country in the old person?
    Sue the Independent Party!!
    Authored by: Maus Anon E on Monday, August 30 2010 @ 05:31 PM GMT+5
    No primary for independents!!?? Cawwd! No wonder Emily couldn't get any primary coverage!

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    Slán abhaile
    Sue the Independent Party!!
    Authored by: babalu on Monday, August 30 2010 @ 05:36 PM GMT+5
    I say sue them, regardless. Just for the hell of it. I mean - HOW DARE THEY!!
    My Truth About Suing the Press
    Authored by: tomaidh on Monday, August 30 2010 @ 06:10 PM GMT+5
    Hindsight is better than foresight.
    Emily should have run in the Republican primary (and also as an independent, a la Freilich). Dunn should have run for Lt. Gov.
    My Truth About Suing the Press
    Authored by: babalu on Monday, August 30 2010 @ 12:27 PM GMT+5
    I don't think it would hurt to show a little boob, too. And do your hair like Palin.
    There could be "something" in names that begin with a "P" . It might prove to be a good move to just change your entire name to something more catchy. Annikee asked if the name "PEZZ" was a one-liner like "MADONNA".
    But "Pezz" sounds like someone who is drunk, trying to say "Perez" as in "Hilton". whoa! "Hilton" sounds too much like "Hitler". Well, anyway, there's something in a name, for sure! And boobs. And I should know since I am still an official "naked brattleboro" boob cop. (I think)
    an official "naked brattleboro" boob cop
    Authored by: Maus Anon E on Tuesday, August 31 2010 @ 07:43 AM GMT+5
    Not to mention the BOOBS VP of Nudity & Shame: http://www.ibrattleboro.com/article.php/20080508165634696

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    Slán abhaile

    an official "naked brattleboro" boob cop
    Authored by: babalu on Tuesday, August 31 2010 @ 11:33 AM GMT+5
    As BOOBs VP, I would be willing to "look the other way" if any candidate wants to show a little boob.
    It's called "transparency" in government lingo, I think.
    an official "naked brattleboro" boob cop
    Authored by: babalu on Tuesday, August 31 2010 @ 11:41 AM GMT+5
    pssst... and if public sentiment should change in the interim, I can always exercise the rights held by my badge (having been duly deputized) to suddenly say "JUST KIDDING 'BOUT THAT!!
    (*wink, wink**)
    an official "naked brattleboro" boob cop
    Authored by: SpudHill on Thursday, September 02 2010 @ 07:06 AM GMT+5
    Wow Emily Peyton, poster child for tort reform.
    Never thought I'd support that concept but Ms. Peyton has pushed me over the edge. As far as I'm concerned she's just blown through the money from the first lawsuit and only decided to run again in order to create another premise for another lawsuit.

    And if that bothers you Emily, pray tell share with us the details of the lawsuit you won so we can understand that you're not just in it to benefit yourself.
    Drop it
    Authored by: EmilyP on Thursday, September 02 2010 @ 10:28 AM GMT+5
    You have no idea what I have been through, or you would not
    say this. I would not wish the job of suing on anyone,
    perhaps you have a better way to deal with corruption?
    Drop it
    Authored by: SpudHill on Thursday, September 02 2010 @ 01:35 PM GMT+5
    You're right, I have no idea, that is why I asked the question. You want people to vote for you, you are apparently in the process of suing the paper which you have sued before and you apparently want us to take it on "faith" that you are in this race for valid reasons. Therefore, I would think it would be important for you to share what this past lawsuit was about in order to clear up any doubts. Any candidate who has successfully sued the town and the town's paper should be ready and able to disclose what the lawsuit was about.
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