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By Guy Page
Overhead last week: three very Vermont, very authentic statements by farmer, contractor and Lt. Gov. John Rodgers:
After presiding over the Governor’s swearing-in as well as the Secretary of State, Treasurer, and Attorney General, Rodgers remarked that “I haven’t heard this much swearin’ since I was back on the farm.”
When asked if he’s ready to wield the Senate gavel (moderate Senate floor sessions): “I’ve been swinging a hammer for a lot of years. I think I can handle a gavel.”
When asked by a reporter how he will decorate his office: “Somethin dead’ is going up on that wall.” Just hours earlier, State House staff were seen removing former Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman’s portrait and his poster of ‘banned’ transgender-themed books.
And speaking of a lot of years – Northeast Kingdom Rep. Beth Quimby (R-Lyndon, Wheelock, Newark, Sutton, Sheffield) is a fifth-generation member of the Vermont House of Representatives. Her mom, Connie Quimby, served almost until her death about a year-and-a-half ago. Her grandfather served in the pre-1968 era when every Vermont town and city had its own legislator.
Universal Healthcare caucus formed – Rep. Brian Cina (P-Burlington) rose this morning on the House floor to announce a caucus dedicated to passing universal healthcare.
Universal healthcare advocates point to skyrocketed insurance premiums (20% this year, highest in the nation). “Single-payer health care did not fail in Vermont: It was simply never implemented, never given a chance to work,” according to a handout given to lawmakers by advocates Wednesday, January 8. The flyer doesn’t mention that Gov. Peter Shumlin declined to implement the plan when he saw the eye-popping costs to taxpayer.
Classroom sizes, school consolidation on the table – Newly re-elected House Speaker told the media Thursday afternoon that discussion of changing classroom sizes and school consolidation are up for discussion. When asked by VDC if the House Majority was planning to hold the line on property taxes but markedly increase other taxes to pay for school funding, Krowinski said she hasn’t heard any concerns about that.
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LT. Governor, now that’s a start in the right direction, remove the nonsense from our public buildings and offices, if an elected official wants to support a nonsense group
support it on your personal property !!
The newly re-elected House Speaker again turned a blind eye to holding the level of property tax by the House Majority, hold on to your wallets, Krowinski is a progressive
hack and is an agenda-driven minion. but let’s see if she got the message from the voters
It’s a great benefit, Guy, to have you there asking the House Speaker the hard questions. Thank you.
That being said, did you happen to read between the lines of what Ms. Krowinski said to you.
First, I note that she never defines what it means for the legislature to ‘put into law what’s working’. The obvious question: Working for who? The children? The taxpayers? Or the legislature and its monopolized public school special interest groups?
Second, Ms. Krowinski verified (inadvertently I suspect) what I’ve been trying to explain to VDC readers for years. Specifically, that making the education system work for everyone will impact everything – property taxes, healthcare, housing… and “… so many other places”.
My point in this regard is, of course, that there is only one education governance structure that is proven to actually work and solve all of the above. And that is, obviously, passing the H.405 School Choice bill. It’s just that simple. And, yes, it will affect everything else.
Perhaps you might ask Ms. Krowinski, the next time you have the opportunity, that while she is ‘diving in deep’ to the Education and Property Tax issues, to consider the H.405 School Choice bill.
They don’t want fix things, they like them just the way they are! Don’t get your hopes up, they will never give up power and money, it’s there life blood.
You can’t win playing their game in Vermont do to the massively lopsided playing field.
You could easily win with cooperation, love and generosity, in about 3~4 years.
If we don’t allow them to control the agenda and refuse to play their stupid games and tricks we could have the hearts and minds orphans the people,very quickly
But the uniparty thrives on division, so we’ll have no change in Vermont if they can help it.
Neil, I have no more hope that ‘they’ will give up power and money’ than I do that you will achieve anything ‘with cooperation, love and generosity’. If you can’t win playing their game, you can’t win. You will never win. Not in 3-4 years. Not ever. Because they refuse to play your game. At some point, we must all ‘play the game’. To think otherwise is a fool’s errand.
Guy, I again reiterate… the next time you have the opportunity, please ask Ms. Krowinski to provide her thoughts on the H.405 School Choice Act. Let’s take them on, one step at a time.
One town at a time.
I’m not doing anything, nor in charge if anything, nor have I attempt to make a change, so no I won’t get anything done, never claimed to.
The American Revolution was won because we didn’t fight the British on battlefields like they were used to.
When a free market is opened things will change. We don’t have freedom in Vermont. We don’t have freedom of press in Vermont. We are a completely rigged, false economy.
Our school systems are filled with kids whose parents can’t afford to feed them, put on a winter coat or make sure they have proper sleep. We have big problems in Vermont, that people don’t want to address, there are too many bike paths needing to be built.
Re: “When a free market is opened things will change.”
Hello! And just what do you think the H.405 School Choice bill is all about, Neil?
School Choice creates an educational ‘free market’!
I continue to be amazed at the level of misunderstanding in this regard. The Pages, Paul Bean, Mike Bielawski, and everyone else concerned about our education system won’t touch H.405 with the proverbial ten-foot-pole. I don’t get it.
The silence, Neil, including yours, on H.405 is deafening.
“Something dead” Hmmm…either a stuffed deer head or a map of the State of Vermont?
The Clean Heat Standard.
I hope the LG doesn’t forget to light the dumpster he tosses Zuckerman’s portrait into.
Politicians sure do know how to say a lot of seriously important-sounding bullcrap that makes no freaking sense. Gotta love the professionally unspecific gibberish.
A whole lot of nothing coming out of that Krowinski woman’s mouth
H. Jay
Good points ….
Many of these social justice warriors making the education rules/policies, rarely send their chitlins to government concentration camps.
Those schools are for the unwashed masses ….
These Montpelier elitists support DEI/CRT because they can afford to.
Where it goes off the rails is when they get to the university ….
‘FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA’
BTW: Peter Welch’s parents sent him to the best Catholic schools within the state of Massachusetts, and THEN shuffled him off the Berkeley ….
What did he do with all that?
Community organizer in Chicago.
Yup, that’s what we have in DC today – Mr. Golden Cross