Centrally located or individual houses?

Do people have an opinion as to if it would be better to have the
yard sale centrally located on the green in front of town hall, or do
you prefer to have it at your individual homes?

If we did it on the green, we could have a bake sale, too...

Thoughts?

Yard sale throughout Sudbury in August?

Hello Friends & Neighbors-

I was feeling the need to divest in the "stuff" that has accumulated
in our years at our house, and am thinking of planning a town-wide
yard sale for some time in mid- to late August. Anyone else
interested? Make a few bucks, and clean up your home by getting rid
of things you don't need!

Leave me a comment or send me an e-mail (jennb33@gmail.com) if you're
interested, and what date would work best for you - August 15 & 16 or
22 & 23.

Thanks!

Jenn Brown

Current Use cut-backs

From: Vermont Natural Resources Council <jmiller@vnrc.org>
Date: Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 5:36 PM
Subject: URGENT: Help Protect Vermont's Farms and Forests

 

Dear VNRC members, activists and friends,

We need your help.

The Legislature is considering a policy that would undermine a crucial land conservation program that supports Vermont's rural economy. Attempting to fill a budget gap, lawmakers are looking to make a significant and sudden shift in Vermont's long-standing policy to protect and enhance our world-renowned farms, forests, and working landscape.

Undoubtedly, the state must make very difficult decisions about how to balance a budget in these challenging economic times. But targeting a program that contributes over $4 billion to Vermont's economy is counterproductive. 

Lawmakers need to hear right now from Vermonters like you who care about the future of our farm and forestland. Please contact Senate President Pro Tem Peter Shumlin, House Speaker Shap Smith and your legislator. Leadership especially needs to hear that Vermonters want to protect this program.

Vermont would be a drastically different place without the Current Use Program. The program has helped conserve approximately 15,000 properties by taxing them at their "use" value — their working value — not their development value. This has not only helped keep 2 million acres, or one-third of Vermont's total land area intact, but keeping this land in production has contributed billions to our rural economy.

The Legislature is moving swiftly to cap the applicability of the program based on the value of one's property. If a parcel of land is valued at more than $4,000 an acre, a landowner will need to pay taxes on the development value above $4,000 even though the land is conserved through the Current Use Program.

Multi-generation farms and forests owned by hard working Vermonters would be affected by this provision and it would unfairly tax landowners who are land rich and cash poor in areas that happen to have high property values, a move that runs counter to the stated goals of the program.
 
Legislators who are negotiating this deal need to hear loud and clear from constituents that they should NOT cap the current use program. Please contact your legislator today! 

Peter Shumlin, Senate President Pro Tem — senprespt@leg.state.vt.us or 828-3806
Shap Smith, Speaker of the House — speaker@leg.state.vt.us or 828-2245
Your legislator

Call and leave a message for legislators at the Sergeant of Arms office at 802-828-2228. Make sure to leave your name, town of residence and phone number with your message. 

For more information on what you can do to help or on the Current Use Program in general contact VNRC Forest Program Director Jamey Fidel at 802-223-2328 ext. 117 or jfidel@vnrc.org or click here.

Thanks for your help on this important issue!

Sincerely,
The VNRC Team




 

Scare tactics

On 2/12/09 the following article was published in the Herald trying to scare people. 

http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20090212/NEWS01/902120369

The following is my response posted online:

READER COMMENTS

Christina,
Let's not scare the taxpayers! The total municipal taxes are being raised only by $12,518. The budget is up because the State of Vermont forces town treasurers who operate on a calendar year to lug ED taxes forward into the following fiscal year. Since the amount the state rape's the Town of Sudbury as their contribution to the sharkpool rose from $35,000 to more than $161,000 last year, one half of that amount being due next June 1st, that increases the budget. The total expenditures in the budget (less the state's money)is actually only up $5,283.00 and $5,000 of that is the "Allowance for discount" line item. Christina, you really chose the scare mode on this one.

Steve Sgorbati
Town Clerk/ Treasurer
Town of Sudbury

-- Posted by Steve Sgorbati on Thu, Feb 12, 2009, 9:11 am EST

Attention Sudbury Voters

Dear Neighbors,

 

On Saturday December 6, 2008 I received a petition with the required number of names petitioning the school board to call another meeting to reconsider the Leicester/Sudbury/Whiting vote that took place on November 10, 2008.  By statute, the school board has 60 days to warn and hold a new meeting for a re-vote.  Last night the school board set the date for the new meeting and vote to be Saturday, January 10, 2008 at 1:00 PM.  Please spread the word to all interested voters who may not be on the email list. I will send out a reminder after New Years. 

Thanks for your attention.

 

 Anyone wishing to be added to the email list should send me an email  bati@vtisp.com with "add me to the Sudbury Voter list" in the subject line.

 

Steve Sgorbati

Sudbury Town Clerk

Sudbury Election Results

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

SUDBURY'S ELECTION RESULTS For Votes Cast

 

Turnout was 85% and there were a total of 347 voters who cast ballots (out of 408). 

 

Locally, the Uniform Development Ordinance passed at:

240 yes

  80 no

 

All five JP's were elected.   The Justice of the Peace tally was:

Lawrence Cole         205

Roland Desforges   252

Kevin McNaught       200

Kevin Robbins          209

Steve Sgorbati          291

 

STATE AND NATIONAL

U.S. President

Chuck Balwin             1

Bob Barr                    2

John McCain           96

Ralph Nader              5

Barack Obama      240

 

Rep To Congress

Mike Bethel                13

Chris Ericson               7

Thomas Herman          9

Jane Newton                3

Jerry Trudell               11

Peter Welch             278

 

Governor

Peter Diamondstone          2

Jim Douglas                   176

Tony O'Connor                   3

Anthony Pollina                 88

Gaye Symington               67

Sam Young                         4

 

LT Governor                 

Thomas Costello                 143

Brian Dubie                          178

Richard Kemp                       12

Ben Mitchell                             4

 

State Treasurer

Murray Ngoima                            6

Don Schramm                           27

Jeb Spaulding                         290

 

Secretary Of State

Eugene Bifano                          75

Deb Markowitz                        243

Leslie Marmorale                         2

Marjorie Power                          14

 

 

Auditor Of Accounts

Martha Abbott                             27

Jerry Levy                                  17

Thomas Salmon                       274

Attorney General

Charlotte Dennett                    15

Rosemarie Jackowski             11

Karen Kerin                              42

William Sorrell                        242

 

State Senator

Hope Blucher                         144

Bill Carris                                190

Gregory Decker                       58

Cheryl Mazzariello Hooker    163

Hull Maynard                          109

Kevin Mullin                            107

 

State Representative

Peg Flory                                168

Ellen Garneau                         157

 

High Bailiff

William T. Humphries              98

Frank Wilk Jr.                         170

Hi Everyone,

This is not necessarily about any particular Friends activity but just something I would like put out for discussion.  I want to see if anyone has any interest in pursuing getting local farm products available to our children at school.  There have been many Farm2School projects out there and I would really love to get some thoughts on this.

I also want to get some thoughts on community garden and perhaps a coop to buy local meat/poultry, etc.

My big dream would be a project that the whole community would benefit from and that would also give children the opportunity to have fresh local products at school.

Anybody out there have any thoughts?

Jenn-Could this be part of your community blog to get out the word on a greater community level?

Thanks everyone.

Darlene