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Charlotte NewsTheCharlotteNewsVT.orgVol. 64, no. 08October 7, 2021Your nonprofit community news source since 1958Major gift supports racialdiversity in farm ownershipTown attorney finds no conflictof interest by MooreShaw Israel IziksonCONTRIBUTORand Mara BrooksEDITORA statement clearing former Zoning Boardof Appeals member Ronda Moore ofwrongdoing during her time on the board wasmade public during the Selectboard’s regularmeeting on Monday, Sept. 27.The statement, written by SelectboardVice-Chair Frank Tenney, and approved bythe town’s attorney, accompanied a threepage timeline written by David Rugh, anattorney for Stitzel, Page & Fletcher, P.C.of Burlington. The timeline was sent toChairman Matthew Krasnow and TownAdministrator Dean Bloch on August 19.Bear Roots Farm (pictured above) and Mighty Food Farm were participants in VLT’s FarmlandAccess Program, whereby VLT connects retiring farmers to new buyers, often by purchasing,conserving, and selling the land to new farmers at its lower conserved value. This leadershipgift enables VLT to accelerate this program and support other successful farm transfers.Photo by Paul E. RichardsonElizabeth BassettThe Clemmons FamilyFarm was the settingfor an announcementon Sept. 30 of a 6million gift to supportdiversification of farmownership in Vermont.The High MeadowsCONTRIBUTORFund, with a missionto promote vibrantcommunities and preserve a healthy naturalenvironment in Vermont, stipulated that 2million of this gift was to be used to expandland ownership and access among peoplewho have been historically marginalized oroppressed based on their race or ethnicity.The gift is the largest of its kind ever made inVermont.The executive directors of the Vermont LandTrust, Nick Richardson, and Dan Smith ofthe Vermont Community Foundation, spokeof the need to diversify both ownership andproduction on Vermont farms as the state’sdairy farms continue to struggle against a hostof challenges.Dr. Lydia Clemmons, President andExecutive Director of the Clemmons FamilyFarm in Charlotte, spoke of her family’shistory as Black farmers.“My great grandparents Margie and WalterBeck built a successful farm in Louisianain the 1930s. The Beck’s success, however,inspired resentment and an angry mob burnedthe farm and chased the family away,”Clemmons said.Clemmons recounted her ancestors’ plight,which mirrored the experience of countlessother African-American farmers.“Knowing that the white mob’s goal was notonly to destroy their home but to kill themin order to take their farm and their oil—mymother’s family changed their family nameso that it would be harder to trace them,” shesaid. “In doing so, they abandoned their rightsto their farm, their crops, the oil—they left allof it behind them.”Clemmons said her family was one of “sixmillion other African-Americans who fledthe racial violence and oppression of the ruralsouth—leaving their farms, their livelihoods,their wealth behind them—to make a way outof no way, to the northern US, the Midwest,and California, during the Great Migration.”In the 1960s, Clemmons’ parents, Jack andLydia Clemmons, a doctor and nurse, boughttheir farm on Greenbush Road. But ratherthan leaving the horrors of racism behind,the Clemmons family was to suffer anotherracially motivated assault in 2017.“Some 90 years after my mother’s family’sbeautiful farm in Louisiana was attackedby a mob of jealous white farmers, historyrepeated itself right here on our family’s farmin Charlotte,” Clemmons said.Clemmons said she believed “the same hatredand jealousy” that motivated a racist mobto destroy her family’s farm in the 1930s“motivated a new group of individuals totry their best to destroy the beautiful farmof an African-American family in Charlotte,Vermont in 2017. But that is another story—and it is documented in a Vermont HumanRights Commission report published earlierthis year.”Clemmons went on to say that “words cannotexpress” her family’s “joy and hope” for thegift’s potential “to shape a vibrant future forVermont’s farming. Like hundreds of farmfamilies in Vermont, we know first-hand thechallenge of holding land and maintainingwhat we have.”The Vermont Land Trust, in partnership witha diverse group of farmers and communityleaders, will work to design and grow the 2million fund to expand land ownership andaccess. The fund’s governance, structure,and decision-making will be determined byBlack, Indigenous, and other People of Colorin Vermont. (BIPOC)The remaining 4 million will expandVermont Land Trust’s capacity to putmore experienced farmers, of any race andsee FARMING page 5Moore was appointed to the board on May 3but resigned two months later on July 28.One month before her resignation, on June28, ZBA Chair Lane Morrison told theSelectboard at their regular meeting thatMoore should be removed.Morrison alleged that Moore had a conflict ofinterest because she was an adjoining propertyowner to the once planned Charlotte HealthCenter in the West Village CommercialDistrict at 251 Ferry Road.The company behind the planned healthcenter was Evergreen Family Health.At a June 3 joint ZBA/Planning Commissionmeeting, Moore expressed concerns theproperty is a wetlands area and that variousautomotive chemicals could pollute thewetland.At the meeting, Moore recused herself fromvoting on whether or not the project requireda conditional use permit.A few days after her resignation, on August16, Moore led a group of 16 residents’ legalchallenge to the town’s conditional approvalto Evergreen for building the health center.In early September, Evergreen announced thatplans for the health center were on hold.Rugh’s report recounted Moore’s two monthson the board, including her actions at variousmeetings.In the statement, Tenney wrote that Rugh’sreport determined Moore had no conflict ofinterest during her time on the board.“There was no ‘conflict of interest’ presentbased on a conflict of interest as defined inthe then-applicable ZBA Rules of Procedureand Ethics Manual,” Tenney wrote. “SinceRonda Moore’s comments pertained to thehealth center’s site plan application that washeard by the Planning Commission, not theZBA, her comments did not qualify under thedefinition of ‘Conflict of Interest’ under theRules of Procedure and Ethics Manual thenin effect.”However, Tenney wrote that he believedZBA Chair Morrison committed a technicalsee MOORE page 4Krasnow resigns as chairShaw Israel IziksonCONTRIBUTORAt the regular Selectboard meeting onMonday, Sept. 27, Chair Matt Krasnowannounced that he would be resigning as chairbut will remain on the board as a member.Krasnow has served as chair of theSelectboard since March 2014.At the annual town meeting in March 2020,Krasnow was elected to a three-year term.Krasnow discussed his resignation at themeeting during an agenda item marked“Personnel issue and Personnel policy –executive session likely.”However, Krasnow said that “I think it’sprobably best to do this in an open session,just after a lot of thought about this.”Krasnow explained that as he and his wifeare expecting another child in two weeksand he is contending with “new professionalresponsibilities” he did not feel he had “thebandwidth to do service to the town or theSelectboard in leading as chairman of theboard.”He added that extra duties associated with theupcoming budget season also played a role inhis decision to step down.According to his LinkedIn profile, Krasnowpreviously worked as both a maintenancetechnician and maintenance supervisor at ICVConstruction, Inc. in Burlington from April2016 to August 2021.Since August 2021, he has worked as aconstruction superintendent at BullrockCorporation in Shelburne.“After a lot of thought about how I can stillserve the town, and really prioritize timecommitments professionally and be home for avery special time, I think the best way to go isto step down as chairman of the Selectboard,”Krasnow said.Krasnow then made a two-part motion forthe Selectboard to accept his resignationeffective Sunday, Oct. 10, and to installselectman James Faulkner as its new chairmanas of Monday, Oct. 11, right before the nextscheduled regular Selectboard meeting.Faulkner was first elected to the Selectboardin 2019 after winning a three-year seat vacatedby Lane Morrison.“I’ve been working in the past six monthswith Jim on a couple of dozen projects, and heseems that he has the time and experience todevote to it,” Krasnow said. “My ability andbandwidth have been dwindling, so we havebeen working more and more together. I thinkhe is doing a great job and I think it will be asmooth transition.”“My only thing is, why make this a two-partmotion?” Vice-Chairman Frank Tenney said.“This should be a one-part motion. I don’tsee KRASNOW page 4
The Charlotte News October 7, 2021 3TownKrasnow deflects questions, accusesThe Charlotte News of sensationalismShaw Israel IziksonCONTRIBUTORand Mara BrooksEDITORAfter multiple emails and phone calls byCharlotte News editor Mara Brooks andInvestigative Reporter Shaw Israel Izikson,Selectboard Chair Matthew Krasnowanswered questions about business conductedat the board’s regular meeting on Sept. 27.It was a two-day process for Krasnow torespond to questions in an email wherethe resigning selectboard chair accusedThe Charlotte News of inquiries that were“inappropriate at best and incendiary orsensationalizing at worst”, detailed hispersonal struggles in response to questionsrelating to town business, added additionalmedia outlets to the thread after asking TheCharlotte News keep his communications“off the record”, and copied the selectboard,the town administrator, the publisher of TheCharlotte News, and others in a bizarre,sometimes heated, exchange.At the Sept. 27 meeting, Krasnow announcedthat he would be resigning during an agendaitem listed as “Personnel issue and Personnelpolicy – executive session likely,” but that washeld in an open session.After announcing his resignation, Krasnowsaid he would stay on as a member of theboard. He then made a two-part motion forthe board to approve: the first part was toaccept his resignation effective October 10,and the second part was to appoint SelectboardMember James Faulkner as its new chair as ofMonday, Oct. 11, immediately before the nextscheduled regular selectboard meeting.Vice-Chair Frank Tenney objected to the twopart motion, stating that the motions shouldbe kept separate, and questioned the idea ofKrasnow choosing his own successor.Tenney’s objections were quickly dismissed bythe board, and the motion was passed.Later in the meeting, a report was presenteddetailing a timeline of conflict-of-interestallegations made against former Zoning Boardof Appeals Member Ronda Moore.Moore resigned from the ZBA on July 28 afterserving less than three months.At the June 28 Selectboard meeting, Moorewas accused by ZBA chair Lane Morrison of aconflict of interest regarding Evergreen FamilyHealth’s permit application for a CharlotteHealth Center. (Moore owns a property thatadjoins what was proposed to be the CharlotteHealth Center in the West Village CommercialDistrict.) At the meeting, Morrison asked theSelectboard to remove Moore from the zoningboard.TheCharlotteNewsTO ADVERTISE CONTACT:ads@thecharlottenews.orgSEND YOUR CHARLOTTE NEWS TO:news@thecharlottenews.orgNEXT PUBLICATION DATEOctober 21, 2021Copy Deadline: Friday, Oct. 18Ads Deadline: Friday, Oct. 18In an interview with The Charlotte News lastJuly, Krasnow stated that he believed Moorehad behaved improperly by not disclosing heralleged conflict of interest.In recent months, Charlotte resident andformer ZBA member Stuart Bennetthad pressured the town for transparencysurrounding its role in Moore’s resignationand the damage to her reputation. Mostrecently, Bennett penned a Letter to the Editorin the Sept. 23 issue of The Charlotte Newsdemanding accountability from the town.Kranow responded to Bennett in an open letterposted on Sept. 24 in Front Porch Forum.The full report on a conflict-of-interestinvestigation on Moore, conducted by theBurlington law firm, Stitzel, Page & Fletcher,was presented at the September 27 meeting.The report cleared Moore of any wrongdoing.As shown by a dated email, the report was sentto Krasnow, and Town Administrator DeanBloch, on Thursday, Aug. 19 — more than amonth before its findings were shared with thepublic.On Tuesday, The News emailed Krasnowseveral items discussed at the Sept. 27meeting.After receiving no response for more than aday, Charlotte News editor Brooks wrote anemail alerting Krasnow that reporter Iziksonwas trying to reach him for comment beforegoing to press. (Krasnow previously requestedthat Brooks reach out to him a second time ifhe did not respond to initial press inquiries.)Krasnow finally responded to The News onWednesday in an emotional email. He copiedthe selectboard and Town Administrator DeanBloch on the correspondence.According to Freedom of Information rules,when a full selectboard conducts business viaemail, it is considered municipal business andtherefore a public document.In response to queries from The News aboutthe Sept. 27 meeting, Krasnow wrote, “Thisfeels like a lot of (negative) pressure.”“You do realize I work full-time and don’thave the luxury to put down the hammer, rake,tape measure, etc. to write my opinions whileI’m getting paid an hourly wage, right?” hewrote.Krasnow went on to give The News, and thosehe had copied on the email thread, a detailedaccounting of his personal routine and familyobligations and asked that it be kept “off therecord, please.”In response, The News again attempted toask Krasnow about the Sept. 27 meeting. Thequestions included why there had been a delayin releasing the town lawyer’s findings, andwhether the town planned to issue Moore anapology. The News also asked Krasnow whenhe made the decision to resign, and wheneach member of the board was notified of hisdecision.Krasnow responded that he felt like a“broken record”, and described the questionsas “inappropriate” “incendiary” and“sensationalizing.”“What confuses me is that your (The News)stories are often balanced, measured andlargely accurate,” Krasnow wrote.Krasnow then copied The Charlotte Bridgeeditor (and former Charlotte News editor),Chea Evans, on the thread.In his comments at Monday’s Selectboardmeeting, Krasnow indicated he had beenconsulting with Faulkner about various chairduties for a period of time prior to announcinghis resignation.“I’ve been working in the past six monthswith Jim on a couple of dozen projects, andhe seems that he has the time and experienceto devote to it,” Krasnow said at the meeting.“My ability and bandwidth have beendwindling, so we have been working more andmore together. I think he is doing a great joband I think it will be a smooth transition.”In an interview with The News, SelectboardVice-Chair Tenney said he was surprisedby Krasnow’s actions at the September 27meeting.“What I expected is Matt to say that he wasresigning and for us to vote on that, and thenthe board could decide on how they weregoing to go from there,” Tenney said.Tenney said when new board membersare voted in, the board usually holds “anorganizational meeting.”“If you look back at our meeting in March,even though Matt was basically the returningchair [after the town elections], the meetingwas led as though we had no organization atthat time. Tenney said. So, the first thing wedid was to elect a chair and a vice-chair,”Tenney said he had “no idea” that Krasnowwas going to resign as chairman and nominateFaulkner to take his place. He suggested itmay have been Krasnow’s way of steeringthe future direction of the select board beforestepping down.“I was totally caught off guard,” Tenney said.“All it said on our agenda was a personnelissue, and that was it. I found out whenhe (Krasnow) said that he didn’t have thebandwidth [to continue as chair] and that hewas going to resign. That was the first time Iheard about this.”The Charlotte News again asked Krasnowif all the members of the board first learnedof the impending resignation at the Sept. 27meeting.In response, Selectboard Member LouiseMcCarren, who had previously told The Newsshe would not disclose when she learnedof Krasnow’s resignation because “Jim andMatt speak for the board,” wrote: “This is apersonnel matter.”Krasnow responded he had asked Faulknerif he was willing to assume the role as chairbefore informing the other board members ofhis plans to resign.“I didn’t speak with ‘the board’. I did askspeak [sic] with Jim about it to see if he’d bewilling to accept the role,” Krasnow wrote inhis first direct response to the question.Krasnow then stated that he “first thoughtabout stepping back in some way about twoweeks ago (after the last meeting). I first spokewith Jim sometime after that.”Tenney said he did not know why someselectboard members were left in the darkabout Krasnow’s plans while others weretipped off sooner.“I just believe the Selectboard should betransparent within the board and with thepublic. I don’t see that happening all of thetime,” Tenney said.The series of emails concluded with Krasnowadmonishing The News’ efforts to learnwhether or not he chose his successor prior topublicly announcing his resignation.“This process has been a real disappointmentfrom the days of John Hammer’s communityreporting,” Krasnow wrote.Mission StatementThe mission of The Charlotte News is: to publish rigorous, in-depth, fair reporting on townaffairs, and, to source stories of interest from our neighbors andfriends.The News is a forum for the free exchange of the views ofCharlotte residents and community volunteers on mattersrelated to the town and the people who live here.Editorial independenceThe editor makes final decisions on stories that arepublished in The Charlotte News. 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4 October 7, 2021 The Charlotte NewsTownviolation of the Rules of Procedure andEthics Manual.“This violation occurred when the ZBAreopened its hearing on the health careapplication on June 17 when Lane failed toask board members to identify conflicts ofinterest at the start of the reopened hearing asrequired by the rules,” Tenney wrote.Tenney also believes that both Morrison andvice-chairman Charles Russell committed asecond violation of the Rules of Procedureand Ethics Manual at a meeting on June 28.“The Selectboard adjusted its agenda tohear a request by [Morrison and Russell] toremove [Moore] from the ZBA due to analleged conflict of interest,” Tenney wrote.“This request was out of order because ZBAmembers Morrison and Russell should havediscussed the matter with the ZBA firstunder the procedure set out by the Rules ofProcedure and Ethics Manual.”KRASNOWcontinued from page 1agree with making a two-part motion inpicking your own successor. It has nothing todo with whether or not Jim is capable. I justthink it should be separate motions.”Krasnow disagreed.“As part of the responsibility of being anelected chair, I felt like that I should takesome of the responsibility of coming up withthe ability to offer a suggestion about howleadership should move, so I did want to makea two-part motion tonight,” Krasnow said.Tenney said in choosing his own successor,Krasnow had diverted from the board’s normalprocedure.“I understand that, but at the beginning ofevery year after election day we all cometogether and we don’t look towards the chairof the previous board to say who should be thechair of the new board,” Tenney told Krasnow.“What happens is someone gets nominated.”Faulkner said he thought it was importantto keep Tenney as vice-chair for boardconsistency.“There is a lot of history and knowledge therethat [Tenney] can provide,” Faulkner said.“I think he’s invaluable and it’s important ashell.”“Frank is a real repository of knowledge,”Tenney noted that penalties for violationscommitted by Morrison and Russell have notbeen established by the town’s rules.At the September 27 Selectboard meeting,the board reviewed the report but did not takeany action.From the audience, resident Stuart Bennetturged the board to take a vote to accept thereport.“I think you guys can easily take a vote onthis,” Bennett said. “Yes or no? Was there aconflict of interest? You all read the report.Just say it!”Krasnow thanked Bennett without addressinghis question.In an email to The Charlotte News after themeeting, Krasnow wrote that the reason ittook over a month to make the report publicwas that the report was emailed “after thedate to warn the meeting for August 23rd.As it so happened, the meeting ran for fourhours.”Selectman Louise McCarren said. “His depthof knowledge of this town and how he worksis valuable.”“I just don’t agree with the double motion,”Tenney said.The board approved Krasnow’s motions.In an email to The Charlotte News onSeptember 29, Krasnow wrote that heinformed the Selectboard at the meeting of hisdecision to resign.“I listed it as a possible executive sessionbecause open meeting laws allow executivesession discussions when matters ofemployees and appointments need to bediscussed,” Krasnow wrote. “My initial planwas to discuss my decision with the board inexecutive session and discuss how the boardwanted to move forward in a cohesive way.”Krasnow said the town attorney informed himthat because the chair is an elected position,there were no grounds to support holding anexecutive session to discuss the topic.“They advised me to have the conversation inan open meeting and I followed their counsel,”Krasnow said.At the Sept. 27 meeting, Krasnow said he hadmade the decision not to hold an executivesession.“I think it’s probably best to do this in an opensession, just after a lot of thought about this,”Krasnow wrote that he had not heard backfrom board members Frank Tenney and JimFaulkner, who he delegated to work withRugh on the timeline.When asked how much the town paidfor legal fees for the investigation andsubsequent report, Krasnow said he was notthe right person to ask.He added that he did not add discussion ofthe timeline to the September 13 meetingbecause “no one had requested an update onthis issue.”In an email to The Charlotte News, Moorewrote, “I am vindicated. Thank you FrankTenney for getting the truth out in the openwith his presentation and memo to theSelectboard.”When asked why the selectmen did not voteto absolve Moore of any conflict of interestor offer an apology, Krasnow wrote “Thatwould be a question for the Selectboard toanswer at a public meeting.”“Is it possible to speak for decisions thatweren’t considered by the Selectboard?”Krasnow wrote. “The Zoning Board ofAdjustment is the only town body that hasevaluated the issue. The Selectboard helda special meeting to determine if it waswithin its jurisdiction to do so, and thetown attorney advised the Selectboard torecommend to the ZBA to follow its rules ofprocedures and ethics manual”he said at the meeting.When pressed by reporters for The CharlotteNews, Krasnow admitted that he informedFaulkner of his plans to resign not at the Sept.27 meeting but “sometime after” he made thedecision to resign “two weeks ago”.Can you spare twohours a month?The Charlotte News is looking fora volunteer to deliver the paperto 10 locations in and aroundCharlotte. The route takes about anhour and your time is only neededtwice a month on a Thursday.Help us spread the news! If you orsomeone you know is interested,please contact Anna at anna@thecharlottenews.org.Frank Tenney told The News that he firstlearned of Krasnow’s resignation at the Sept.27 meeting. 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The Charlotte News October 7, 2021 5TownFARMINGcontinued from page 1ethnicity, onto the land in the comingyears.“Agriculture is central to our identity andsense of place,” said Nick Richardson,President and CEO of the Vermont LandTrust.“The climate crisis, demographic change,and broader economics require us toact boldly and change the trajectoryof decline,” Richardson said. “Now isthe moment to help the next generationof farmers buy land and grow farmenterprises. This gift, and decades-longpartnership with the High Meadows Fund,enables us to take a great leap forward inprotecting and strengthening agriculture inVermont.”In addition to announcing this major gift,Gaye Symington, executive director ofSend usyour photos!The High Meadows Fund, announced theFund will transition to a grantmaking entitywithin the Vermont Community Foundationand not remain a separate non-profit.“An accelerated pace of investment willhave a lasting impact on the future ofVermont’s agricultural economy, ruralcommunities, and food system,” Symingtonsaid. “It’s critical to give greater controlto those who have been marginalized bytraditional approaches to land ownership.”Smith spoke of the importance of creating“a sense of belonging for all Vermonters.”“Communities where anyone willingto commit to the working landscape—regardless of race, ethnicity, or economicbackground—has a pathway to stewardthe land without fear of discrimination andisolation are key to closing the opportunitygap in Vermont,” Smith said. “We are arural state where the working landscape haslong been central to our economic vitality.To keep that legacy alive and our ruralcommunities vibrant, we need to createconditions that attract, support, and retain adiverse new generation of farmers runninga range of successful and sustainableenterprises. This remarkable gift advancesthat reality.”Clemmons said she hoped her family’s pastexperiences would help inform Vermont’sfuture support of Black-owned farms.Charlotte ev
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