February 21, 2009 An Open Letter to the Trustees of the Vermont Arts Council Dear Trustees, I am writing this as an open letter as I was unable to attend your public hearing in Burlington last evening because of a scheduling conflict. You have asked how you are doing and I write to address that [...]
A friend was just laid off… badly I must add. It’s not that her employer did not have to lay her off. That was not the question. The “badly” part is how it was done. There is no right or wrong when it comes to the need to reduce a workforce. There is, however, a [...]
So now we begin feeding on ourselves. Rep. Patty O’Donnell’s recent press conference calling for those in the non-profit sector earning over $60,000 and whose agency receives more than 50% State funding to take a mandatory cut of 5% is a sad indicator of the daunting lack of creativity in our leadership. It is also [...]
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— Howard Frank Mosher, author of Disappearances, Mary Blythe, and On Kingdom Mountain
February 02, 2009 