BRATTLEBORO, VT -- More than 7,000 e-mails later, the verdict is in.

The majority of people who felt the need to communicate to the town their thoughts on the indictment resolution forwarded to voters for their approval support the resolution.

At a Selectboard meeting on Jan. 25, the board voted 3-2 to forward the resolution calling for the arrests of both President George Bush and Vice President Richard Cheney if they ever find themselves in Brattleboro.

Though Town Manager Barbara Sondag said town staff hadn't tallied the e-mails in favor and those opposed to the indictment, the nasty e-mails the town had received in the first few days following the board's decision have tapered off.

Nevertheless, staff was reading each and every e-mail to determine if any were threatening.

"Those we thought were questionable, we have forwarded to the police department," she said, though she wouldn't consider any of them "a substantial threat."