After the recent appointment of Michael Hoyt to the Windsor-4 Vermont House of Representatives to replace Heather Surprenant, the Standard spoke this week with the two other local residents who were under consideration for the position — Pomfret’s Benjamin Brickner and Hartford’s Havah Armstrong Walther — about their experience going through the process.
Apparently, the process for replacing Surprenant was a bit unusual, as the people under consideration were first approached in June — a whole three months before she officially stepped down in September. Hoyt was then announced as her replacement earlier this month.
Keeping with tradition, Gov. Phil Scott contacted the Windsor County Democrats to submit a list of local democrats to be considered. The selection process, which took place in October at the Pomfret Town Hall, produced three names: Hoyt, Brickner, and Armstrong Walther.
For more on this, please see our Dec. 31 edition of the Vermont Standard.
