 Don't raise the taxes on the town instead lower the taxes on the village So they're the same as the town and then anywhere will vote for the merger As long as the town taxes go up and the village taxes go down. It's not gonna pass. I've been watching the Democratic Format but I I think y'all I Think Bernie has a good chance even though everybody's saying he does it, but I think he has a good chance So great Well, actually I didn't I'm on the other party, but I do I would if I could go Bernie People fought and died for a right to vote so I make it out every every time there's an opportunity I've always been a voter and I enjoy voting and feel it's my responsibility and all citizens should do that Well, the family gathered it was my wife's birthday and so she never allows us to talk about politics But it's a the Democratic primary is exciting. We were talking about the Essex and Essex town select board and Yeah, we all we all came in knowing what what we were gonna put on the ballot So the reason why I'm voting no and encouraging people to vote no is because the three plus three charter change is very divisive It pits the village versus a town instead of asking what could we as a community do to further move our community forward? It creates these divisions that we're trying to move past Additionally for today's election for instance, we have Vince Franco and we have Andy Watts who are two town residents in a current proposal The village wouldn't have anybody to vote for them at that point Additionally the current five select board members are voted at large which would mean that I as a resident have five options in this Opportunity I don't even have three. So it's also limiting my representation options So those are just some of the some of the reasons why three plus three is a concept where we'll get rid of at-large voting At-large voting is a system which can be easily manipulated and taken advantage of Historically it has been it's been used for racial discrimination all sorts of things which a small majority can totally dominate a town and We have that problem here historically What's happened in our town is that when the town creates a service that the village already has The village has to pick up half that tab even though they already have one of their own the fire Station is the best example the fire departments Really not fair. How could that possibly happen? Well, I think the answer is select board domination So three plus three will put us on an even footing Negotiations at a time like that for example might have been interesting the village might have been able to say well Wait a minute. We need to have some compensation for the situation We've been covering a town all these years and now we're gonna have to cover half the town fire station We have our own an arrangement might have been made we think And then three plus we will at least set us up for negotiation Two things motivated me one was the presidential primary and I'm delighted to have cast my vote for the most qualified candidate and my my other thing is this whole Charter issue and so I wanted to make sure I cast my vote on that because that's our local issue that would affect My representation so what brought me onto the polls is just that I think everybody should vote I know that the system a lot of people feel the system is broken and I don't disagree with that opinion But I think that the best chance we have is of getting Representation that really reflects what people want is getting as many people to the polls as possible So just wanted to come and put my vote in today as well with Trump in office. It's for me. It's immigration policies criminal justice reform and General like equality is like gender equality lgbtq rights like those types of things that I feel like The country is kind of just I feel like we've stopped caring about them And I feel like there's a lot of injustices that are happening Maybe not in Vermont, but definitely around the country