Foot massage for Sanders - Rutland Herald

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This letter responds to the Aug. 9 editorial titled “From the Galápagos,” which, ironically, makes my point about special treatment accorded to Progressives (note the capital “P”) in Vermont

No blame is put on Jane Sanders for the demise of Burlington College. Instead, the editorial cast aspersions on me for having “stirred up controversy about the finances” of the now defunct school. Is there any event that would stir the Herald to write a critical word about Sen. Sanders or his wife? What about the school’s closing and the foreclosure? The nearly $2 million in losses to the Catholic diocese? The nearly $150,000 in losses to Vermont taxpayers? The losses to the bank? The losses to the vendors? The displaced students?

Why didn’t the Herald do its job three years ago and pursue the financial records from VEHBFA when reports surfaced that Burlington College was on accreditation probation for financial problems? Why hasn’t the Herald covered this story? Isn’t the Herald even curious about the special, deferential treatment given by a major bank to the wife of the most powerful politician in Vermont?

Newspapers like the Herald should hold our elected officials (even Progressives) accountable when there is hypocrisy and special treatment. Remember the reporter’s adage “comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable”? The Progs in Vermont are the “comfortable.” Instead of doing its job, the Herald indulged in moral preening and, in the process, gave the senator and his wife an editorial foot massage.

BRADY C. TOENSING

Washington, D.C.

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