Vote...Unless You're Too Stupid

This morning's Rutland Herald editorial, entitled "Vote, or don't", takes an unusual swipe at the Rutland County electorate. That's unfortunate for a paper struggling to maintain its paid readership. Insulting its readers probably isn't the way to woo subscribers.

Click on the link and decide whether or not the Rutland Herald really wants you to exercise your right to the franchise. It also takes the unusual position that the voters should not have a say when deciding on school budgets, one of only two municipalities that do not allow its voters to vote on school budgets (South Burlington is the other). Seems the electorate can't be trusted to decide how to spend its own money.

http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060306/NEWS/603060321/1038