Published in Seven Days 7dvt.com On July 28, 2010
I was disappointed with the Seven Days article about Deb Markowitz [“On Your Markowitz,” July 14]. I wondered if the interviewer had even met her, so dry and “reportery” was the piece. One of Deb’s strengths is her dynamic personality: inspiring people to work hard toward a goal; rising to meet every challenge. Her unwavering determination and indefatigable energy are two main components of the success she would achieve as governor.
Vermont is intensely localized. Each of the candidates is going to be supported by his or her local constituents. Especially because, as has been noted, there is little difference between them in terms of policy and ideas.
So how to choose? There again, the interviewer missed the key component to Deb. She is the only candidate who has consistently shown that she can beat Brian Dubie. And this, of course, is what must happen. We cannot afford to promote a politician who sat by while Jim Douglas sold our power-generating rivers to Canada, then proceeded to champion Vermont Yankee.
Instead of presiding over a move to make Vermont energy independent, they saddled us with a crumbling and destructive power source and gave the boon of our own rivers to another country. This is just one example, though an egregious one, of the mistake it would be to hire Dubious Dubie. Beyond Markowitz’s proven abilities and incredible tenacity, that is one powerful reason to vote for Deb in the primaries. We cannot afford to quibble among ourselves while the opposition further erodes the strength of our state.
