Talk:Brattleboro, Vermont

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[edit] Links

Someone should remove the "Public Service Anouncement" external link. They suck and finally broke up. Bbitu 04:17, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] downtown improvement district?

There was a lot of information about the DID including tax rates which seemed to be a bit out of place (and unsourced). I removed it from the main article during clean-up and am pasting it here in case someone wants to find a way to fit it in more appropriately or with better formatting. The following appeared under the heading commerce.

On a daily basis over 30,000 people make a living in Brattleboro, making the town commercial hub for the entire Southeastern corner of the state.

Taxes-
The following is a description of the tax rate in Brattleboro as of 2005.
Town Res.- .9519
Non-Res.- .9519
School Res.- 1.3341
Non Res.- 1.1985

Resident Total- 2.2860
Non-Resident Total- 2.1504

DID- .1559

The DID tax rate represents the Downtown Improvement District. Encompassing a majority of the Downtown area, the DID is a specially tax zone that pays an additional tax called the DID Tax. This tax goes towards an initiative to secure grants from the State and Federal Government to improve the aethetics and economy of the Downtown District.
Jessamyn 00:03, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Common Ground Date?

OK Brattleborians (?) Common Ground was open when I worked at Sam's in summer of 1969. Or am I just getting old? Cherrywood (talk) 22:39, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Notable People

Should there be a comment on how rediculous the resolution is that they are trying to pass re: George Bush and Dick Cheney and "War Crimes"? The way I see it, Congress and the Senate both voted in favor of the war, I believe they, if anyone at all, should be held accountable. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.245.193.10 (talk) 09:11, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Only with an equal comment on how laudable the resolution is. ;-) 82.36.26.70 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 23:04, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
I added some sourced information on the petition, including both the text of the petition itself and the Town Council's NPOV statement on it. The text that someone had added earlier today was mostly wrong. It said the council was considering impeachment proceedings against Bush/Cheney. That's wrong in a couple ways. First, the council was only debating whether to put the petition on the ballot, not in taking any direct action itself. Second, the petition called for indictment, not impeachment. TJRC (talk) 23:18, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

What was the basis for removing Kevin Daley and Psycho Billy from the Notable Folks of Brattleboro, where the listing of James Fisk has no correlation nor mention of Brattleboro at all?

I'm not sure why those people were removed, but it may have been that they were added with no citations so that someone else could verify that they are a) notable and b) from Brattleboro, this is often why things like that go missing. If you have a good link or source that points out those two things about those people, feel free to insert them again and add the citation in some format into the edit summary box or as a citation at the bottom of the article or after their name like this: Psycho Billy [1]. When you write on the talk page, it's helpful if you sign your comments with four tildes like this ~~~~ which will automatically sign your name and the date and time. Jessamyn 20:34, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

I also don't know why Whoopi Goldberg keeps getting removed from the notable people's list. I know where her house is -- have actually seen her out in her yard -- and have run into her at the grocery store and at several galleries downtown. She clearly lives here and is a respected member of the town. (Scout)

Actually Whoopi Goldbery does not live in Brattleboro, she lives in Marlborough. I have seen her too, actually Christmas shopping in Sam's. But she is not a "member of the town".(Brent)

[edit] Article title

What is the rationale for this article being titled "Brattleboro (town), Vermont" instead of simply "Brattleboro, Vermont"? I suggest this article be renamed if there is no legitimate reason for the inclusion of "(Town)" in its title. -albrozdude 17:28, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

I was going to say it is because other locations in Vermont are cities, villages (incorp. and unincorp.), gores, and grants. However, Brattleboro is the only town that I can find (in Vermont) that has the parenthetical distinction. Mrs. Grobe 17:26, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nude bicyclists photo

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I removed this photo from the trivia section for two reasons.

One, I feel it is inappropriate to put a picture like that on a page that will be surfed by children. My students use Wikipedia for research and learning, and I do not feel the need to explain to parents why their third graders saw naked people at school.

Second (and probably more importantly), I have lived in Brattleboro all my life and do not believe this was taken any where in our town. The street lights are not what we have and the street is too long, straight, and flat to be in Brattleboro.

Thank you, Mrs. Grobe 17:42, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

good catch, that picture was taken in Burlington, outside the Five Needs brew pub, it looks like. Jessamyn (talk) 19:20, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not censored. Alphachimp 03:51, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

correct, but the picture wasn't from Brattleboro which I think is why it was removed from the Wikipedia article on Brattleboro. Jessamyn (talk) 04:46, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, I was only responding to the first point. Alphachimp 06:02, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
Wikipedia may not be censored, but the (Wikipedia is Not) article actually says "some articles may include objectionable text, images, or links if they are ' ' 'relevant to the content' ' '" and a photo of naked people on bicycles (or naked people in general, I suppose) is not really relevant to an article on Brattleboro in the big picture. Other articles, those on pornography, gynocology, sexual issues, body parts, all either carry warnings or can be expected to contain nudity. I have lived in Brattleboro for 30 years and do not run into naked people on a regular basis, outside my own home, so I do not believe photos of them are "relevant to the content" of the article on Brattleboro. Especially when the photograph is of people in Burlington. Mrs. Grobe 01:36, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Methadone Clinic

Can we add something about the methadone clinic on Putney road. I believe it is/ was the only/ first one in Vermont? Habit Opco —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.136.164.35 (talk) 14:10, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] President of the United States

Without a trial, grand jury or otherwise, Brattleboro has threatened to arrest the President of the United States. [[2]] Does this presumptive, politically motivated embarrassment deserve mention in this article? 72.196.233.224 (talk) 11:22, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Whatever about your own opinion on the reasoning behind such a motion, it is already mentioned in the article. See Brattleboro, Vermont#Petition against Bush and Cheney. --Schcambo (talk) 13:51, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
Should we mention that the town has no authority to take such an action? Should we mention that the town did not allow the opportunity for defense against this "indictment"? Should we mention that this is blotch and stain forever upon the town? 72.196.233.224 (talk) 10:51, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
I've no idea where you come from, but generally speaking, people are indicted first and allowed to give their defense second. It's the very basis of most criminal justice systems, in fact. In any case, this article is for facts, not POV, and I'd ask you to keep that in mind before you continue using this page. --Schcambo (talk) 16:39, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
No, see WP:OR; no, see WP:REL; no, see WP:NPOV. TJRC (talk) 00:36, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
As well, please everybody read Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines — talk pages aren't supposed to be used as forums on the subject of the article. Nyttend (talk) 00:54, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Lovecraft reference

The article states "Brattleboro is the setting for much of H. P. Lovecraft's story The Whisperer in Darkness," but there is no reference to Brattleboro in the linked article on "The Whisperer in Darkness." Either the statement should be deleted or some mention of Brattleboro should be added to the linked article; not having read the story, I do not know whether the statement is true. Languagehat (talk) 12:09, 7 June 2008 (UTC)