Meghan Emery: Replace the F-35 with a quieter, safer aircraft

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Meghan Emery, of South Burlington, who is a former member of the South Burlington City Council.
In 2010 (I was on the council at the time), the first public meeting to discuss the proposed basing of the F-35 at Burlington International Airport was held in Winooski. Later, when the draft Environmental Impact Statement was issued in 2012, I read with consternation the data indicating a 50 percent increase in the number of homes that would fall in a zone a