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Vermont, former Burlington resident Hailey Cohn’s chocolates definitely stand out, both for their intoxicating flavor and their quality, all-organic ingredients. This Easter, her take on the Cadbury cream egg, with its “no weird stuff” white chocolate filling, and her vegan dark chocolate bunny filled with ganache both blew us away. Though Cohn’s chocolates are a well-kept secret, we wouldn’t want others to miss out. You can sample some of her stuff at Dobrá Tea. Jesse wiens
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[Re “Bernie’s Big Dilemma: A Dem or an Indie Run?” April 16]: It’s hard to imagine Bernie having much of an effect on the outcome of the presidential race beyond bitching and banking some bucks. Kevin Kelley says “analysts argue that Democrat Al Gore would have defeated Republican George W. Bush if Nader had not insisted on running as an alternative to two candidates whom he depicted as essentially interchangeable in their politics.” It doesn’t take much analysis to note that Gore was such a poor candidate he couldn’t even win his home state. Had he done so, he would have been president. That would have prevented the 2000 election from being stolen, a fact that’s sadly been forgotten by analysts, the press and apparently Bernie. ross laffan
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[Re “Building Momentum,” April 16]: Miro Weinberger’s claim that allowing developers to build more buildings downtown without providing for adequate parking will make Burlington a “more walkable city” is ridiculous. One need only look at his Packard Lofts development and the traffic and parking problems created by the city’s generous waiver of its parking requirements. The lack of adequate parking does not cause fewer people to own vehicles or cars to magically disappear when they arrive at a development. Instead, when people drive to a location that does not have adequate parking, they park in improper, illegal and dangerous places: across driveways and handicap ramps, in front of fire hydrants, obstructing views at intersections, and, yes, even double parking in the middle of the road. Burlington police have issued more parking tickets around Packard Lofts in the last 10 months since it was built than in all the 20 years before. People in Vermont drive cars because it is one of the most rural states in the country, and without one you can’t get there from here. Unless and until Vermonters change their car-centric culture, allowing development without adequate parking is nothing more than a financial bonus for the mayor’s developer buddies from the pockets of residents, visitors and local businesses.
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Why, oh why, is there never any mention of the environmental question behind Keurig technology [“Will the Keurig Green Mountain Cold-Cup Project Heat Up the Local Economy?” April 2]? As we forge ahead with cold-beverage Keurig cups, does anyone else cringe at the thought of propelling KGM and this technology into the international beverage market? I actually welcomed the recent name change from Green Mountain Coffee Roasters to Keurig Green Mountain. But that doesn’t go far enough. There is nothing “green” about the millions of plastic Keurig cups now filling the landfills, with many millions more headed in that direction with the new cold-cup project. Given KGM’s new pairing with the brand leadership and global footprint of Coca-Cola, I’d prefer that the company no longer misrepresent the idyllic imagery of our beautiful Vermont Green Mountains while simultaneously contributing to
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