"It was far less than 10 years. He reported his concern up the chain, regarding supply chain and quality and necessity, based on current commercial and publicly available fluoride product data and emerging scientific data on fluorine products. Those who he reported to then reported up to the state. He was not a public figure and did not report to the public. This is a systemic issue."

You didn't even bother to read the story apparently, he made a medical decision that he was not qualified to do, which harmed the residents he was in charge of protecting and lied, over and over again for a decade about it:

"Richmond water superintendent Kendall Chamberlin disclosed in his five-page resignation letter, submitted Monday, that fluoride levels have not been in the state-recommended range for over a decade — instead of nearly four years, as the state had recently disclosed."

No, he lied to his town for a decade. They trusted him to maintain an important health and safety program and instead he made medical decisions for them, despite not have a medical degree, and destroyed their right to benefit from it.

It's both a clear case of fraud by a public employee and an example of someone practicing medicine without a license.

This fool needs to be charged for both of these serious offences.

How about choosing to practice medicine without a license for starters.

He chose to ignore the dose recommended by state and federal health professionals and substitute his own, then he lied about it.

He lied to his entire town for a decade about the tooth decay protection program that he was charged with maintaining. He made a conscious decision over and over for 10 years to lie to his fellow citizens and tampered with the dose and put his entire town at a significantly heightened risk of a very serious disease.

He was in charge of a vital health program that the town was expecting was being taken care of and paying for with their tax dollars.

He recklessly and selfishly chose to lie about what he was doing to get away with it. He defrauded the entire town of this health and safety program. That is a criminal act.

It is clearly a decade fraud, with health injury resulting.

What a lovely time to enjoy the mist in the autumn underbrush, fun picture, thanks.

It is right in the article, which you apparently didn't read

"...in the recommended amounts, fluoride in water decreases cavities or tooth
decay by about 25%, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control"

This is gross negligence of a public employee that harmed the health of the citizens that he was charged with protecting. He lied to the people of this town for a decade about his negligent decision to cause them health injuries, which he was clearly not qualified to do. This is a dereliction of his duty to the public office his town entrusted him with.

Why wasn't he charged, this is a dereliction of duty that put peoples heath at risk? His irresponsible actions have surely had a negative impact of the health of the citizens that he was supposed to be protecting.

There should be consequences for what he did. Is he still on the select board? Why on earth is he being allowed to still hold public office? WTF?

This is great news, the sooner we can shut down filthy fossil fuel and nuclear plants the better. We need to step up and demand freedom from these incredibly damaging, and irresponsible industries and the greedy people who are destroying our childrens future for short term profit.

Mallinckrodt, one of the companies who caused this tragedy, has never been held accountable and is still in business today making fuel for nuclear reactors.

Absolutely false, a significant portion of the fuel used in nuclear plants in the US was made from the nuclear weapons stockpile of uranium. Also, the mining and refining of nuclear material and fuel fabrication by private companies has contaminated many sites across the globe.

This is absolutely false, the nuclear energy sector uses a significant portion of weapons uranium as reactor fuel and has sites all over the globe that are hopelessly contaminated. They share the responsibility for several polluted sites with the defense industry. But because of corruption and lobbying efforts, are not held responsible.

It is absolutely criminal how few treatment options there are for folks around here and I am very happy to see this facility become a reality.

There are several in Vermont

The nuclear industry is one of the most dishonest and corrupt industries ever.

This is an absolute horror for these people and their children and nobody is being held responsible because the industry is essentially allowed to regulate itself. What a nightmare!

By its decision to carry out the political and moral cleansing of our
public life, the Government is creating and securing the conditions for a
really deep and inner religious life. The advantages for the individual
which may be derived from compromises with atheistic organizations do
not compare in any way with the consequences which are visible in the
destruction of our common religious and ethical values. The national
Government sees in both Christian denominations the most important
factor for the maintenance of our society. ...

- Adolf Hitler, speech before the Reichstag, March 23, 1933, just before the Enabling Act is passed.

Today Christians
... stand at the head of [this country]... I pledge that I never will
tie myself to parties who want to destroy Christianity .. We want to
fill our culture again with the Christian spirit ... We want to burn out
all the recent immoral developments in literature, in the theater, and
in the press - in short, we want to burn out the poison of immorality which has entered into our whole life and culture as a result of liberal excess during the past ... (few) years.

- Adolf Hitler, quoted in: The Speeches of Adolf Hitler, 1922-1939, Vol. 1 (London, Oxford University Press, 1942), pg. 871-872

This, also, it sounds like it is working as intended.

This is true, it's not just tourists, we have more than our fair share of selfish, inconsiderate dog owners here already, we don't need to be importing any more of them.

Many folks do not even comprehend the mortal dangers of letting their dog loose in the woods, especially during hunting season, let alone the fact that some folks carry pepper spray for just such an occasion.

Vermont is not a dog park, have some respect for the people and places that you visit folks, even if it is near your home and you think that you can "get away" with it.

>If a wildlife area/park says leash your dog, they need to be on a leash

If there is no sign telling you to leash your dog, that also means you should leash your dog, that is the default, not the other way around.

You should never let your dog off leash anywhere that is not explicitly marked
"off leash allowed" unless you are on private property with the owners permission.

>Is it possible that we could allow these two gentle and passive dogs on just one trail out of the 870 trails in Vermont? That seems ok to me if people were told dogs off leash on trail - which wasn’t posted here.

No, it is super selfish and irresponsible to let dogs off leash on hiking trails.

It is your responsibility to know the law and taking bad advise about "dog friendly" places on the internet is no excuse.

Also assuming that it is ok to let you pet off leash just because there is no sign telling you not to is idiotic, selfish and irresponsible.

When a trail is not marked, the default is leash your dog, not the other way around.

>My behavior is not selfish and narcissistic

Yes, it is. You keep trying to claim that these animals were "harmless" just because YOU thought they were well behaved.

Any unleashed animal is a threat to some people, animals and the environment, no matter how well behaved YOU think they are.

Unfortunately it happens pretty often.

I don't, letting your dog off leash on a hiking train is super irresponsible and inconsiderate.

Yeah, I don't want your animal anywhere near me, especially if it is not on a leash.