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Vermonters are being strangled by government overreach. The attorney general’s action is a disgraceful example. If you don’t agree with the powerful and well-connected in this state, then just shut up, or you may be the target of the government and its unlimited resources.
Even though this is a preposterous charge, and will likely be thrown out, its purpose will be fulfilled: to chill anyone’s free speech rights who dares to question the powerful in Montpelier.
Deb Bucknam: Overreach at the Attorney General’s Office
Vermont’s attorney general has filed a complaint against Annette Smith, the activist who helps Vermonters opposed to industrial wind, navigate the administrative jungle that best describes the Public Service Board proceedings. I have represented folks opposed to industrial wind at the Public Service Board, and the hearings are overrun by lawyers — most of whom favor the government’s and the developer’s positions on industrial wind. Neighbors opposed to an industrial wind project face a phalanx of government and industry lawyers in a proceeding that is costly, time consuming and often confusing. In other words, the fix is in.
http://vtdigger.org/2016/01/28/deb-bucknam-overreach-at-the-attorney-generals-office/
HOW ABOUT DR. RABIES ALLEGEDLY ILLEGALLY PRACTICING LAW WITHOUT A LICENSE AND ALLEGEDLY GIVING A DISABLED PERSON FALSE LEGAL ADVICE?
“Practicing law without a license” is a hoary concept left over from the medieval guilds where skilled tradesmen (including lawyers) sought to keep out competition. It was revived in the early 20th century when the newly organized bar attempted to persuade legislatures to define the practice of law and regulate it — to the bar’s advantage. Legislators were wary of such a regulatory scheme
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/vermont-thorn-side-powerful-faces-criminal-probe-36630790
