Decriminalize marijuana. Recognizing that some may find this idea distasteful, we must nonetheless end our irrational prohibition against our state�s most important moneymaker.
More authority to the towns. Town meeting is our most hallowed custom. The modern trend of centralizing authority must stop if Vermont is to survive. Perhaps a system like that laid out in John McClaughry and Frank Bryan�s The Vermont Papers would work best, perhaps another. What is clear though is this: the people must be given the power to self-determination if we are to protect our future.