Who is most responsible for property tax increases?
- Representative Town meeting representatives, for adding to and approving the town budget 75%, 12 votes12 votes 75%12 votes - 75% of all votes
- Selectboard members, for not controlling proposed town expenses 19%, 3 votes3 votes 19%3 votes - 19% of all votes
- Space aliens?* 6%, 1 vote1 vote 6%1 vote - 6% of all votes
- Town staff, for proposing the increasing budgets 0%, 0 votes0 votes0 votes - 0% of all votes
- Voters, for not making their views clear 0%, 0 votes0 votes0 votes - 0% of all votes
Total Votes: 16
February 26, 2020
Just checking in. How are you doing?
- Tough to feel jolly when Brattleboro taxes the hell out of you.* 24%, 5 votes5 votes 24%5 votes - 24% of all votes
- About average - not great, not bad 19%, 4 votes4 votes 19%4 votes - 19% of all votes
- Great 14%, 3 votes3 votes 14%3 votes - 14% of all votes
- Not too bad 10%, 2 votes2 votes 10%2 votes - 10% of all votes
- Bored and stuck in a seemingly endless rut.* 10%, 2 votes2 votes 10%2 votes - 10% of all votes
- Pretty darn good 10%, 2 votes2 votes 10%2 votes - 10% of all votes
- Rather miserable 5%, 1 vote1 vote 5%1 vote - 5% of all votes
- No Worse* 5%, 1 vote1 vote 5%1 vote - 5% of all votes
- Sorta cruddy 5%, 1 vote1 vote 5%1 vote - 5% of all votes
- Terrible. 0%, 0 votes0 votes0 votes - 0% of all votes
Total Votes: 21
February 10, 2020
Brattleboro should toss the Town Manager system and elect a mayor, directly accountable to voters.
- No way. 52%, 15 votes15 votes 52%15 votes - 52% of all votes
- Perhaps. I'd need to know more. 41%, 12 votes12 votes 41%12 votes - 41% of all votes
- Yes, definitely. 7%, 2 votes2 votes 7%2 votes - 7% of all votes
Total Votes: 29
January 23, 2020
If it was on the ballot, I'd vote that Brattleboro's Representative Town Meeting
- should be abolished 75%, 12 votes12 votes 75%12 votes - 75% of all votes
- should remain as is 25%, 4 votes4 votes 25%4 votes - 25% of all votes
Total Votes: 16
January 3, 2020
This year I have, for the most part, been extremely
- nice 38%, 5 votes5 votes 38%5 votes - 38% of all votes
- Bah, Humbug!* 38%, 5 votes5 votes 38%5 votes - 38% of all votes
- not as bad as the Grinch.* 8%, 1 vote1 vote 8%1 vote - 8% of all votes
- naughty 8%, 1 vote1 vote 8%1 vote - 8% of all votes
- Bored* 8%, 1 vote1 vote 8%1 vote - 8% of all votes
Total Votes: 13
December 2, 2019
* - added by visitor
Regarding personal firearms, I
- have no guns 62%, 13 votes13 votes 62%13 votes - 62% of all votes
- Vermont does not require gun carry permits, and does not issue them. And, so whether I carry a gun or not is none of your business.* 14%, 3 votes3 votes 14%3 votes - 14% of all votes
- have one or more gun(s) locked up in the house 14%, 3 votes3 votes 14%3 votes - 14% of all votes
- have guns at home and carry them with me by permit 5%, 1 vote1 vote 5%1 vote - 5% of all votes
- have one or more gun(s) in the house, but not locked up 5%, 1 vote1 vote 5%1 vote - 5% of all votes
- prefer knives, or bow and arrow 0%, 0 votes0 votes0 votes - 0% of all votes
- have a permit and carry a gun with me 0%, 0 votes0 votes0 votes - 0% of all votes
- have guns at home and with me with no permit 0%, 0 votes0 votes0 votes - 0% of all votes
- carry a gun with me without a permit 0%, 0 votes0 votes0 votes - 0% of all votes
Total Votes: 21
November 25, 2019
Turf for high school football should be
- artificial 36%, 13 votes13 votes 36%13 votes - 36% of all votes
- natural grass and dirt 36%, 13 votes13 votes 36%13 votes - 36% of all votes
- Asphalt. We won’t have to mow it or manufacture plastic fibers. Together, we will stop climate change.* 14%, 5 votes5 votes 14%5 votes - 14% of all votes
- Cost as little as possible. We can’t afford expensive artificial turf.* 8%, 3 votes3 votes 8%3 votes - 8% of all votes
- green like the Green Mountains.* 6%, 2 votes2 votes 6%2 votes - 6% of all votes
Total Votes: 36
November 18, 2019
* - added by visitor
Of the three unalienable Rights, the most unalienable to me is
- liberty 58%, 11 votes11 votes 58%11 votes - 58% of all votes
- life 21%, 4 votes4 votes 21%4 votes - 21% of all votes
- pursuit of happiness 21%, 4 votes4 votes 21%4 votes - 21% of all votes
Total Votes: 19
October 29, 2019
Best fall leaf colors this year, by far, were the
- oranges 46%, 6 votes6 votes 46%6 votes - 46% of all votes
- yellows 23%, 3 votes3 votes 23%3 votes - 23% of all votes
- ...cars with light blue and white license plates as they 'leaf' the state headed south...* 15%, 2 votes2 votes 15%2 votes - 15% of all votes
- lingering greens 15%, 2 votes2 votes 15%2 votes - 15% of all votes
- browns 0%, 0 votes0 votes0 votes - 0% of all votes
- reds 0%, 0 votes0 votes0 votes - 0% of all votes
Total Votes: 13
October 16, 2019
In terms of the climate emergency, Brattleboro is
- responsable for destroying the world. By driving cars, eating meat, not always buying local, and taking hot showers, Brattleboro’s residents have pushed the Earth beyond the tipping point. We will all pay the price as climate-related deaths threaten the survival of humanity over the coming years.* 31%, 4 votes4 votes 31%4 votes - 31% of all votes
- doing all it can given limited resources 23%, 3 votes3 votes 23%3 votes - 23% of all votes
- not doing enough 23%, 3 votes3 votes 23%3 votes - 23% of all votes
- wasting taxes on a silly hoax 15%, 2 votes2 votes 15%2 votes - 15% of all votes
- not treating it as an emergency 8%, 1 vote1 vote 8%1 vote - 8% of all votes
- doing too much and should scale back 0%, 0 votes0 votes0 votes - 0% of all votes
- far behind where it should be 0%, 0 votes0 votes0 votes - 0% of all votes
- doing enough 0%, 0 votes0 votes0 votes - 0% of all votes
- leading the way for others 0%, 0 votes0 votes0 votes - 0% of all votes
- able to face the crisis via existing committees and procedures 0%, 0 votes0 votes0 votes - 0% of all votes
Total Votes: 13
September 30, 2019
