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By Guy Page
The much-discussed debate between incumbent House Speaker Jill Krowinski (D-Burlington) and challenger Rep. Laura Sibilia (I-Dover) is off.
At a State House press conference yesterday, Krowinski was asked by VDC if she would participate in a planned Dec. 14 debate in Randolph, and if not that date, would another day suffice.
In response, Krowinski said she will not be participating in a public debate, instead preferring to talk with individual members.
The debate was the brainchild of Rep. Jay Hooper (D-Randolph), an independent-minded lawmaker who has been critical of how the House was run last year and who endorsed, and was endorsed by, Gov. Phil Scott.
He announced he would organize the debate shortly after Sibilia, who is currently vice-chair of the House Committee on Environment and Energy, announced she would seek the Speakership in the wake of the Democrats’ loss of a supermajority on Election Day, Nov. 5.
Although the proposed debate had no lack of local sponsors (a chamber of commerce) and impartial locale (the Chandler venue in Randolph), it didn’t have the buy-in of both candidates. Sibilia indicated her willingness, but Krowinski never committed – leaving Sibilia and the organizers the option of the ‘debate with an empty chair.’
VDC asked Sibilia for comment this AM and will publish her response when received. Hooper offered these comments yesterday:
I think when politicians decline clear and well notified invitations to open forum, it typically means they probably really are due to participate in a debate like the one at Chandler. If I were a [House Speaker] candidate reviewing this level of attention, to my thinking, simply because my perspective is considered universally important, I would not hesitate to embrace the public pressure to come out and talk more about how if nothing changes, your property taxes will spike again by about 6 percent.
“I think it is unreasonable to be unclear for over two weeks, about refusal to participate in a debate with a date/time established, and then expect the hosting institutions to simply say ‘ok, no big deal that you never responded directly, we’ll just let you off the hook as to our request for your participation in a transparent and public display of your reasoning for why you think you should be the Speaker of the House’ …. though that person is by far the most powerful politician in Vermont.”
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Transparency? transparency ? We don’t need no stinkin’ transparency !
Of course, Krowinski, will not debate, as she would have to defend all the progressive nonsense that she has promoted and the financial difficulties she has brought to the citizens of the state for an agenda !!
Krowinski is just another educated biased idiot, and we have a gaggle of these types of fools running rampant in the state house.
Refusing to debate seems a lot like Kamala’s behavior.
Arrange an exchange and they get “uncomfortable”.
The little beavers are trying to see who will get to chew on the biggest tree.
Solely because Krowinski is unable or unwilling to give specific answers regarding her position. If she is unable, that is a problem. However, if she is unwilling, that is a BIGGER problem.
I encourage all interested and commenting on this debate consider attending Ed Wheeler’s Americanism/Marxism symposium this Saturday at Valley Bible Church in Middlebury. There are two sessions, one in the morning giving the historical preludes to what is now happening from 10-12. The afternoon session from 1-3 will be airing what is currently being played out. There will be recordings, so plan to make time in some fashion – soon – in person is best because you can ask questions.
The agenda that both Laura and Jill have been implementing in Vermont that should make every Vermonter stand up and take notice is the CCP/Marxist/Socialist agenda that will do in an even bigger way what has been happening at the State House. Legislators know all too well how little they had input into what was happening there. Sadly, not very many Vermonters care enough to dig in and find out.
How sad it was to learn that there’s been very few votes at the State House this past session that have actual role call votes. The legislators were voting in caucus about how the vote went down and designated voices were brought to the floor when a vote was to be taken that reported collectively on the vote. Legislators are not able to be held accountable by their constituents in this fashion. They were on the veto vote, but not a whole lot more. For more on that visit vthope.net/VTVote2.html
This is of critical concern to all of us. Vermonters need to be prayerfully and actively alerted to what is happening in our state. PRAY and encourage others to as well and interact with governing leaders to keep the role having a voice in our governance alive in Vermont.
Democratic Playbook for Dummies
‘Sometimes ‘tis better to be silent and thought the fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt.’
I suspect Mr. Hooper is preparing to make a political play in one way or another now that he has our attention. But a word of partisan caution. Watch your six, Mr. Hooper. This is hostile territory.
Krowinski is a coward. Typical behavior from Progressives who don’t accept accountability for any of the mayhem they perpetrate on Vermont Citizens.
krowinski is a politician- a very radical leftist politician. Trained and groomed by emerge vermont, she knows tangling with sibilia will gain her nothing. Remember, D & P politicians covet and revere power- as #1 in the Vermont house, she will not jeopardize her control and power over other politicians or Vermont’s citizens.
Afraid of having to come clean, Krowinski? Have you gotten to enjoy having power too much? If so on either, you need to leave office.
Two Swamp Rats at best 🤡 🤯!!
That’s my two cents 🇺🇸🗽🇺🇸
There is time to get someone maybe even unknown at this time, of any party, to run and beat Krowinski. The votes taken on election day are an indicator, glaring indeed, of the publics’ distrust and disgust with the past performances. Let’s continue
working for the things the voters WANT, and leave behind the rest. There is nothing that beats working positively for the people who sent these 200 folks, called the Legislature, to Montpelier. The ones who FORGOT who sent them there have in large part been voted out of office.
I love to watch this Commie on Commie violence.