Then, a not-so-positive change is taking place in Vermont that is invisible on a daily basis: the repudiation of America’s long-reliable ally in the Middle East, Israel.

Do we really want to pour gasoline on the unaffordability crisis by ushering in another wave of higher taxes, more complicated regulations, and less accountability?

The target keeps moving. First it was billionaires—but Vermont has exactly one. Then millionaires—but fewer than 1,500 Vermont filers reported $1 million or more in 2024. The line was $500,000, which hits just over 3,000 taxpayers in the $500,000 – $999,999 bracket. Now Janoo’s thinks wealth starts at $250,000. When will $100,000 be the new wealthy? Soon!

The consequences of Janoo being elected would be the rise of Democratic Socialism that has now taken over the Democrat Party in America.

When the last of the Holocaust survivors are gone, the world will still need witnesses. Vermont must ensure that future generations are prepared to carry the responsibility forward.

Data tell us that Vermont ranks particularly poorly in many categories as a direct result of our state statutes that have been enacted by the current majority party over the past 30 years. 

I’ve been called a lot of things in my political life, but this has to be one of the most entertaining things I’ve ever read in print: “Long Shot”.

Residents may never see the mistakes an internal tool produces. A draft notice can leave out a requirement. A service summary can misstate a deadline. The employee checking the output needs explicit authority to halt the process and send a case back for correction.

When Governor Phil Scott was elected in 2016, Vermont urgently needed a leader willing to challenge the legislature’s unsustainable spending and policies. Today, that need is even more critical.

Waging class warfare in an effort to cure the state’s mounting financial woes, Amanda Janoo is entering a slippery slope.

Only 13 percent rate it as a top 3 issue.

Why the fight for humanity is no longer physical

With the crisis at a boiling point and the majority party not paying attention, now is not the time to think “Well I’ve always voted that way, so I’m just going to continue.” 

Higher taxes. Higher cost of living. Fewer job opportunities. Less business investment. Less choice. And all of it locked in.

Of the many alarming statements uttered this past year by America’s rising tide of “democratic” socialists, pay closest attention to the one that landed in early August, via the godfather of this modern movement, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.

Bennington, ever so deliberately, has witnessed unprecedented development. This development is the substantial repurposing of long-abandoned manufacturing, educational, inn, and retail facilities.

This has been a topic of conversation under the Golden Dome for at least the past couple of years, and the reasons behind it expose some really ugly sides to our collective character. It also illustrates the important difference between the concepts of “Democracy” and our Constitutional Republic.

There is no better time to make the drive up I-89 to Burlington than when the leaves are changing and the weather is still warm enough to keep the windows down.  The Green Mountain state transforms to the autumn creamcicle with cherries on top state as nature’s diverse colorscape parades through the foothills one more time before we return to Narnia.

Multiple Myeloma took his life early.

As we enter the election’s crunch time, and Vermont’s economic, demographic and education problems metastasize, one candidate for governor has zero life experience with the issues at hand.

Over time, disparities in political power and wealth magnify as rural areas are drained of resources to enrich the core and are increasingly deprived of a voice in the political process. 

Vermont legislators seem to have an uncanny knack for crafting constitutional amendments which are touted as noble and necessary to uninformed voters, but are, in fact, neither.

Sixty-three years ago, Jack Ruby stepped out of a crowd and killed Lee Harvey Oswald before the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy could ever stand trial.

The American government payment on the national debt is more than a trillion a year.

We know this because history and math.

There is indeed a species in Vermont under constant threat: Threat of the loss of their habitat and home, threats to their land and their ability to survive the regular attacks of predators that infringe upon and invade their lives.

There is a particular kind of Vermont institution that nobody notices until it’s gone: not the general store, not the town meeting, but the humble email listserv — the digest that lands in your inbox each morning carrying news of a missing dog, a farmers market, a zoning hearing, and, occasionally, two mysterious explosions rattling windows across White River Junction. For more than two decades, that plumbing of local civic life has belonged to Vital Communities, the White River Junction-based nonprofit. This summer, with little warning, the organization moved to shut it down.

Vermont still has abundant talent, but the barriers to business growth in our state have become extraordinarily high, complicated, and expensive.

Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission (TRORC) draws my region’s planning maps. Vershire is one of thirty towns in that picture. That is how fifteen to seventeen acres of private farmland here were classified and color-coded in a restrictive Future Land Use category.

Think your taxes are high now? If a majority of Vermonters vote to adopt Proposal 4 on the November 2026 general election ballot, you can expect your taxes to go up – waaaay up, not down.

“Young girls need strong role models and people within the school system saying, ‘You know what? Maybe you’re not a boy—maybe you’re just a strong girl.’ Why aren’t we advocating for that?”

Wind and solar can produce large amounts of electricity, but they don’t produce it whenever customers need it. Meanwhile, grid watchdogs have warned about reliability risks as older coal and other power plants retire.

In addition to his 85th Birthday earlier this week, Senator Bernie Sanders has much to celebrate. His deep involvement in transforming America into a Socialist country has gained traction in several congressional districts throughout the country. The crown jewel of this is close to home: the election of socialist Zohran Mamdani, Mayor of New York City.

“It turns out that over 1,000 AI agents figured out how to access the internet on their own, sent tens of thousands of secret messages to each other and coordinated to break the restrictions imposed upon them by the company.”

In plain terms: once it’s in, no legislature can ever make union membership optional or stop mandatory dues agreements. It’s a permanent shield for the dues-collecting machine that keeps pouring money and ground troops into Democratic campaigns.

Under the Act, K-12 schools that refuse to grant vaccine exemptions for students on the basis of their religion will not receive educational funding from the government.

There was a remarkable amount of pearl clutching over an amendment intended to give working farms some additional room to adapt.

I began to feel bad for my fellow freshman Democrat legislators who were regularly and strongly coerced into voting along with their party on each bill coming to the floor. They couldn’t vote for their constituents or according to their conscience.

Partisan divisions in Connecticut have sparked controversy over a new law that offers public schools a curriculum focused on Islamic and Arab studies. Proponents say the initiative rounds out multicultural education and does not conflict with the separation of church and state. Opponents object that the law will favor a particular theological perspective.

Let’s say it out loud: selling drugs is a violent crime.  The perpetrators are criminals who destroy lives for profit.  It is obvious and pervasive criminality and needs to be removed from Burlington’s streets.  Passively allowing drug markets to persist is neither just nor merciful.

While we urgently need more action from the State, I also want to recognize the incredible efforts of our City – which are collectively making progress, even if that progress is incremental.

Dems already backing Far-Left-Lori Houghton for Speaker.

What was difficult was the everyday reminder: the constant news and ever-present neighbors and friends providing assistance. It went on for weeks, months, and longer. 

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