Pumps' Perplexities

Some thirty years ago I lived there, worked there and even
got elected to public office....I think I won 26-14....They just
hated the other candidate.......In light of the fact that this
State is in the news lately, I thought I might comment.....
Neither for, nor against......

There are very few people in Vermont......Some are natives,
others "Flatlanders".....The natives run the little small towns....
Usually there is one family in a town which has had all family
members hold one office or another through the years......
Selectman, Constable, Town Clerk or Viewer of Fences......

The "Flatlanders" come from the big cities trying to escape
the pressures.....They bring money and mostly liberal ideas.....
They start little businesses and get into local politics......
In the larger cities they have a little more control than
farmer Jones and his family, but the real point is The Joneses
really do not care.....Just do not interfere with their lifestyle
and you can do what you want......

The "Flatlanders" are never accepted, only tolerated, by the
gun toting "deer slayers"....This results in a lot of apathy either
in one group or the other, depending on the issue....

The ex-hippies, ex-ski bums, liberal college "types" think they
run things.....But at any Town Meeting olde Grandma Jones
can outwit the best of them.....If she has a feel'in to do so,
on that given March day.....Pumps