Ben Mitchell: F-35 wrong for Vermont

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Ben Mitchell, of Bellows Falls, a Democratic Socialist who is seeking the Democratic nomination for the U.S. House seat.Despite military intimidation, Burlington voters voted by 55 percent to send the F-35 to some other state. The controversial F-35 is scheduled to arrive in South Burlington in September 2019.
But Burlington’s Town Meeting Day vote puts it squarely to the City Council to ask the Air Force to base the nuclear-capable F-35 somewhere