by Jay Eshelman
“Front Porch Forum is a Vermont Public Benefit Corporation and not a nonprofit.” However, “Acceptance of payment does not create any obligation for Front Porch Forum to fulfill.”
I’ve been impressed with the number of reports by various VDC readers confirming the totalitarian nature of Front Porch Forum (FPF), couched in the guise of a so-called Public Benefit Corporation.
While FPF claims that ‘Common sense and a growing body of research tell us that well-connected neighborhoods are friendlier places to live, with less crime, healthier residents, higher property values, and better service from local government and public utilities’, FPF’s actions belie its false façade. Especially when it comes to ‘…better service from local government…’.
One of my local Windham 3 Vermont House representatives, a retired healthcare worker and member of the House Committee on Healthcare, continues to use FPF as a platform to promote increased taxpayer funding into Vermont’s already financially bloated healthcare sector. Most recently, as reported by my representative on FPF, December 15, 2023, “…the Green Mountain Care Board and the Agency of Human Services have been tasked by the Legislature with the implementation of Act 167 of 2022. This Act is looking at creating global hospital budgets, which would move from the fee-for-service model we are familiar with to a global budget model.”
Of course, it’s now difficult for me to provide my neighbors any balance to these ‘ravenous’ globalist policies on FPF, having only recently learned that my ‘account has been closed due to violations of FPF’s Terms of Use.’
And no, FPF didn’t tell me my account was closed. Nor did FPF answer my request to explain its actions. Again, “Acceptance of payment does not create any obligation for Front Porch Forum to fulfill.”
It’s clear that some of our legislators and some certain Public Benefit Corporations, like FPF, will continue deceiving us with their debatable revelations. And I hope VDC readers will continue to report any other malicious indiscretions reported on Front Porch Forum. After all, as well meaning as most FPF members are, they should know the whole truth. And I, for one, feel obligated to do my best to provide it.
More analysis on education and the reported 18% property tax increase to follow.