Rep. Rob North describes how the GOP Senate ‘Vermont Promise’ affordability plan would expand tax breaks for senior citizens, lower health care insurance premiums for non-smokers, and streamline permitting for new housing.
Grateful goodbye to Hot Off The Press
Today is my last day hosting Hot Off the Press 11 AM on WDEV AM 550. On Monday, I debut “Chronicle Conversations” on WVMT AM 620 at noon Monday-Friday. However, Hot Off the Press will continue full force with a dedicated team of hosts. On this coming Monday you’’ll hear Renee McGuinness of the Vermont Family Alliance interviewed anti-Marxist activist Ed Wheeler. The following Monday Mary Hahn Beerworth of Vermont Right to Life will settle in behind the microphone and interview informed, involved guests. Renee and Mary will trade off Mondays.
Greenhouse gas bill likely to pass/ Scott mum on Homan meeting details
House Republicans gear up for Act 59 challenge/ Homeschoolers fear H.930 amendment will give schools, DCF undue influence/ Diaper Drive for military families
School tuition choice lawsuit, Medicaid fraud, crossover on Hot Off The Press Today
Lots of news to talk about today, Monday March 9, on Hot Off The Press on AM 550, FM 96.1, Wdevradio.com at 11:05 AM. Call us at 802-244-1777.
Call in at 802-244-1777 at 11:05 to Feedback Friday
The crooks know our seniors are susceptible to fraud.
Hot News to Discuss on Feedback Friday on Hot Off The Press
Burlington mayor echoes Minneapolis mayor, Gov. Tim Walz – call in 802-244-1777
Feedback Friday 802-244-1777 about: School funding, Voter ID, Minneapolis, Drug dealers taking over VT homes, anti-Israel demands & more
Probably the biggest Vermont news this week is the return of the Legislature. If you have questions, comments or advice on what our legislators should, or shouldn’t, be doing, give us a call at 802-244-1777.
Hot Off The Press Monday at 11:05 AM
No guests are scheduled, and the phone lines are open. Call in 11:05 – noon at 802-244-1777.
Today’s Hot Off The Press: ‘frequent flyer’ bail reform tough sell in Vermont, prosecutor says
What would work? Creating a frequent-flyer-unfriendly cash bail system, similar to the much tougher federal system’s. “Based on the political winds in Vermont, I don’t see that happening,” Illuzzi said.
Hot Off The Press podcast Monday, Dec. 1: State employees ordered back to office today, and Property Tax Letter due
Note: There will be no LIVE Hot Off The Press this Tuesday thru Thursday. Guy Page will return Friday with another live episode of Feedback Friday.
Hot Off The Press podcasts: Feedback Friday
Feedback Friday convos with Mark, Wayne, Jim and Neil.
Hot Off The Press podcasts: Wednesday, the plan to reduce school spending
The task force and Kinsley agree that consolidation doesn’t fix the big problem—that our schools cost too much, especially for the poor educational outcomes they deliver.
2A Tuesday, Backlog Court on today’s Hot Off The Press
Call in 802-244-1777 to join the conversation today on Hot Off The Press.
Vermont Podcast: ‘Paul, do I have good jeans?’
Paul writes about chem trails. Then, Sydney posts a song about chem trails.
VT 250 logo ban on farms, Red White & Blue examined on Monday’s Vermont Podcast
Some people disapproved of starting the show with a first person account of an attack by a Brown Recluse Spider.
VT Podcast airs LIVE at noon today
Join us at NOON for the Vermont Podcast
Rep. Balint’s statement on floor of Congress prompts discussion, satire on The Vermont Podcast
Political satire song lampoons Vermont congresswoman who says on the floor of the U.S. House that ICE agents are ‘vigilantes’ who ‘kidnap’ their immigrant targets.
VT Podcast: Did VT GOP chair really compare LA riots to 9/11?
The new hire at the Vermont Democratic Party throws a wild haymaker at GOP Chair Paul Dame. Did it land?
Join us for the Vermont Podcast at 2:30PM
Join Paul & Guy at 230 PM today on YouTube, Facebook and X with your real-time comments as we discuss:
– Vermont has most No Kings rallies in Vermont, but Trump supporters gather too
– Anti-independent school House stalls progress on education funding reform
– Govt. funding for news media grows in Vermont, even as Congress mulls defending Public Radio
Podcast: Buzz over Balint butt-wipe comment
What was Becca Balint thinking? Thoughtless faux pad or revealing moment. Guy and Paul discuss.
Podcast: Feds go after ‘Sanctuary’ VT /Property taxes / CHS vampire
The undead Clean Heat Standard
Rob Roper on today’s Vermont Podcast
We will also discuss:
-DHS citing Vermont as a ‘sanctuary jurisdiction’
-Vermont’s potential new health commissioner
-Clean Heat Standard is now ‘Dead’ ?
We will also discuss:
-DHS citing Vermonts as a ‘sanctuary jurisdiction’
-Vermont’s potential new health commissioner
-Clean Heat Standard is now ‘Dead’ ?
And more!
The Vermont Podcast: Guv pauses EV mandate/ hidden comms in Chinese solar products/ Ben & Jerry’s & childhood obesity
Ben Cohen dished out obesity-inducing ice cream for decades. Now he’s worried about Medicaid funding.
The Vermont Podcast: How the Dems keeping putting off repeal of Clean Heat Standard
Democrats in the State House are furiously trying to avoid going on the record about repealing the Clean Heat Standard.
The Vermont Podcast, #1: Border Patrol arrests, VT first in homelessness, gun ban OK’d
Guy Page and Paul Bean began ‘Friday at Four’ last April in the Bean Chevrolet building in Northfield with just a handful of views. Now, almost every show exceeds 1,000 views.
Friday at Four: Reaction to Lt. Gov. John Rodgers trashing Trump
Paul Bean says Vermont Republican Lt. Gov. John Rodgers speech felt like a betrayal. Guy Page says Rodgers never said he was pro-Trump. More viewers than ever weigh in with their opinions.
Creemee Cast: “Fighting Oligarchy” in Vermont, with Alison Despathy
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is out touring the country on his ‘Tour to End Oligarchy,’ harvesting the energy, fury, and rage of unsuspecting supporters and college students, when instead (as Alison and I explain) their energy would be far better used taking action locally and engaging with the political process and system amongst their peers and communities.
Friday at Four: Scott breaks homeless hotel logjam (or tries to)
Sometimes the Breaking News is the best.
FAF: Parro’s and the First Amendment/ Guy’s encounter in the State House/ Clean Heat ‘repeal’ goes to Senate floor next week
We talk about how the First Amendment and the Second Amendment protect each other. And about Guy’s confrontation by an angry legislator.
Friday at Four: Trans protesters disrupt deTrans talk
What does Wednesday’s event mean for the future of free speech? For the political futures of high-profile legislative leaders? And what was it like to get a call from Fox News?
Friday at 4: Slowest Session Ever
Paul, Guy and Alison explore why this Legislature is moving like molasses on property tax, housing, and public safety reform.
Friday at Four: the Zoie Saunders interview
The plan addresses recurring problems of declining enrollment and test scores, and increasing costs, Saunders said. “Everything we do is about students and student opportunities.”
Friday at Four: Freight train Trump, meet boulder Vermont
Vermont pushes back against Trump orders on sanctuary states and cities, border, tariffs, education.
Creemee Cast UPDATE: Geologist says carbon emissions are GOOD for us
Saying “carbon is actually good” is about as contrarian as it gets in the mainstream environmental community.
Friday at Four: Twisted Geniuses
Connecting the dots between a bizarre cult of computer geniuses with the slaying of Border Patrol agent David Maland.
Friday at Four: Latest on Border Patrol shooting
Details about the killing and the two suspects.
Rodgers talks school consolidation, exporting pain, and ‘something dead’ on the office wall
In your car or while you’re making dinner, listen to an in-depth podcast interview with Vermont’s highly quotable new lieutenant governor.
Friday at Four: our news staff talks up Legislature Week #1, Burlington mayor gag order on cops
Week #1 in the Legislature. Progressive mayor issues gag order on her cops. What the LA fires mean to Vermont. Please share on your social media.
Klar: Talking globalist food control with Mel K
If this sounds like a conspiratorial claim, I invite listeners to learn what Mel and I have been digging up from the WEF, UN, and WHO — their own documents tell us what they plan to do to “save” humanity from itself by controlling all food, land, water, and money.
FAF today: Changes in Legislative leadership? Election consequences for Clean Heat Standard, property taxes, illegal immigrants
The first Friday at Four since Election Night will feature in-depth discussion about its consequences to the Legislature, home owners, property tax payers, and illegal immigrants.
Friday at Four in review: Why did Peter Shumlin endorse John Rodgers?
Why would a former true Blue Democrat governor endorse a Republican challenging an incumbent Democrat for lieutenant governor?
Friday at Four: Big election stories in a new studio
Hot election stories reported and discussed in our new studio space at 802 Scoop in Barre.
Santonello: Why my Burlington video was removed from YouTube
Globe-trotting podcaster Peter Santonello is a truth-teller about Burlington. He draws the direct line between the decline of San Francisco, where he used to live, and Burlington, where he was born.
Friday At Four: Democrats run from their roll calls votes
Tune in to VDC-TV’s Friday at Four today at 4 PM – Guy Page, Paul Bean, and Orleans County Senate candidate Sam Douglass discuss Dem candidates’ Clean Heat Standard double speak and attempts to climb on to Gov. Scott’s coat tails.
Friday at Four gone fishing!
We will see you NEXT week!
“Fewer than 10 people making decisions” in State House, Rep. Jay Hooper says
This should be a shocking and disturbing revelation to all Vermonters, democratic, progressive, independent, and republican. While I did try to get him to name names, he hesitated to do so. Further along in the conversation we talked about the veto session, and how this is the plan before the session even begins:
Friday at Four podcast: the Many Faces of Unaffordable Vermont
Friday at Four looks at five big drivers of Unaffordable Vermont, and what can be done, and why some Vermonters are reluctant to vote for a more frugal Legislature.
Concealed carry at stake in push for location-based weapons bans
“The elephant in the room is concealed carry. I don’t think a lot of people realize just how many Vermonters go about their daily life with some sort of personal protection very close by,” Bradley said.
Clean Heat Standard’s projected $4/gallon increase paints Legislature into a corner
Clean Heat Standard Supporters don’t want to see any headlines about its potential cost, at least not before November 5. But that won’t stop us, because we believe that sacred cows make good hamburger.
New report projects HUGE costs of carbon-reducing Clean Heat Standard will – learn more TODAY on Friday at Four
How much will it cost?
What happens next?
What can you do about it?
John Rodgers interview: ‘you won’t see heat pumps on poor people’s houses’
Rodgers promised to become a more activist lieutenant governor, willing to introduce legislation sought by constituents and testify in committee hearings.
Friday at Four: RFK Jr. decision about the children (really)
One of Vermont’s most savvy political observers joins us to talk about what the RFK Jr.
No Friday at Four this week
Co-hosts Guy Page and Paul Bean are resting up from our exhausting Primary Election coverage. See you next Friday at Four!
Join us for live election coverage at 7:30 PM
As of 7:20 PM, at least one town has reported. We’ll report the statewide and legislative primary results and talk with candidates and informed observers – tune in in five minutes!
VDC-TV to air live election coverage tonight
Tune in to the Vermont Daily Chronicle YouTube Channel and watch and/or listen live as we post the results, read your comments, and take calls from candidates and voters alike.
Bennington Battle Flag in studio symbol of Vermonters battling for liberty
Hanging the Bennington Battle flag in studio is about more than Vermont history. It’s about us taking a stand for Vermont’s present and future.
Trump campaign advisor says Biden border policy makes Vermont housing woes worse
in 2015 Serrano saw up close that Washington D.C. was ‘broken’ and that the GOP in particular needed an outsider candidate for president.
Senior Trump campaign advisor, VT GOP chair join Creemee Cast this week
Mark Serrano and Paul Dame will discuss the 2024 election on Creemee Cast/VDC-TV this week.
General Michael Flynn joins Friday at Four this week
Among the questions we plan to ask Gen. Flynn – besides the 25th Amendment, what contingencies exist for when a Commander in Chief is unable to respond to a disaster or military crisis? Watch on YouTube, the VDC Facebook page, and on X.
VDC-TV Friday At Four to interview former Trump National Security Advisor Michael Flynn
A former National Security Adviser to President Donald Trump will join Guy Page and Paul Bean live by phone on “Friday at Four” on July 26, at 4:10 PM.
Creemee Cast: Your questions answered about geoengineering
A fascinating interview that pulls the curtain on the government and military efforts to alter climate.
Creemee Cast: The Aaron Clark Interview
Pastor Aaron Clark talks with Paul Bean about hypocrites in the church, spiritual darkness in Central Vermont, how they met, and how each of them found faith in Jesus Christ. And they say what they think about VDC Editor and Publisher Guy Page.
Geoengineering topic of July 16 Creemee Cast with Ian Baldwin and Rob Williams
The lifelong observer of the skies first noticed long-lasting contrails in the Vermont skies. Baldwin asked, ‘why?’
Friday at Four: VT GOP candidates cancelled at parade/ America in One Word/ Helping homeless help themselves
Political cancellation of Republican statewide candidates is alive and well in Vermont. That subject and others covered by Paul and Guy in Friday at Four.
Friday at Four today we ask: U.S.A. in one word/ Trump, Biden or RFK?/ Will the U.S.A. endure?
Bean does Beantown! He asks three questions about America, our leadership, and our future.
Friday at Four: Callers sound off on Biden debate disaster
One caller compared the current Biden presidency to ‘Edith Wilson 2.0.’
Friday at Four: The Biden debate disaster and what it means to the Democratic ticket
You, Paul and I will discuss the Trump-Biden debate and what it could mean for the Democratic ticket, and for the country.
Bernie Sanders’ Jewish voter problem
Paul and I discuss why Bernie Sanders never will be, and never could have been, elected president.
Creemee Cast with Joe Gervais, Man on a Mission
The candidate for the Vermont Senate is no stranger to immersing himself in a foreign culture in order to bring positive change.
Friday at Four: Veto session, blow by blow
The Legislature overrode six of the seven gubernatorial vetoes on the June 17 veto session agenda. What’s next for Vermont taxpayers? Paul and Guy discuss.
In remade studio, Friday at Four covers Plattergate, veto session, and iSun bankruptcy
What did House Speaker Jill Krowinski do to kill any hope of a negotiated property tax decrease? Also, Paul and Guy dish on Plattergate.
Plattergate! Veto Session maneuvering! Friday at Four airs in 30 minutes
Hopes to avoid a ruinous tax hike and elected officials’ entitlement are front and center on today’s Friday at Four.
“Taxes for Thee, but not for Me”
Yes, that IS a sweet El Camino in the first al fresco episode of Friday at Four. It pays state highway taxes so EVs don’t have to. We discuss.
Friday at 4: Trafficked women in VT forced into abortions
Last Friday’s episode unveils disturbing truth about human trafficking victims who do NOT have freedom of choice about abortions. This Friday we discuss “Taxes for Thee, But Not For Me.”
VDC-TV: Housing for Me, But Not For Thee
Guy and Paul look at where the other half live – you know, the people deciding our kids will live in towns and cities.
Day before today’s rally, House OKs new Act 250
“They have to have a way to build wealth,” Rodgers said. “Home ownership is a way to build equity and wealth which will turn into intergenerational wealth. Without that, people are just working like dogs and they’re handing all their money over to some business or business owner.
Podcast: Matt Musgrave, Associated General Contractors of Vermont
Some podcasts are interesting because of the subject matter, others for the personalities and conversation. This one’s both.
Thursday’s rally leader John Rodgers live on VDC-TV tomorrow
“I am helping to organize these events to represent working class, Vermonters and the working poor, who have been forgotten by the majority of our state legislature,” the former state senator said.
What the Senate DIDN’T know about Zoie Saunders
Agency of Education Secretary Zoie Saunders a hired gun with no personal stake in Vermont? Hardly
Podcast #1: Shutting the doors on democracy, to keep everyone safe
In the interest of public health and safety, local and state government are literally shutting its doors to the public.
