Brian Pine: Outsider BT bidders carry risks

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Brian Pine, of Burlington, a senior consultant at Vermont Energy Investment Corp., who formerly worked for the city’s Community and Economic Development Office and served as a Burlington city councillor in the 1990s.I am thankful that our City Council set high standards for its due diligence in deciding the future of our telecommunications infrastructure. As we near a decision on a Burlington Telecom buyer, though, let’s make sure the counci