Klar-affiliated candidates win several contested primaries By Guy Page August 12, 2020 – Incumbent Gov. Phil Scott trounced challenger John Klar 72%-22% in the August 11 Vermont Republican primary election. Now Klar […]
Planned Parenthood under scrutiny
Media outlet, candidate for governor launch separate requests for paper trail between state government and Vermont’s largest abortion provider by Guy Page May 6, 2020 – In separate actions, Vermont Daily and […]
Look who’s on the November 8 ballot
Town, county and state committees have been naming candidates to appear on the November 8 General Election ballot. Who’s running in your town?
Dem ‘boot camp’ grads get baptism of fire in 2020 election
Presumptive House Speaker Jill Krowinski (D-Burlington) will go into the 2021-22 biennium with at least two big questions to answer:
1. Given Dem/Prog losses to the GOP of a net four seats, can she still muster an override of a veto by Gov. Phil Scott?
2. Can she turn her signature “Emerge” boot camp for Democratic women candidates into a House winner again?
Vermont Liberty supporter beaten, pepper-sprayed after State House rally
A Poultney woman says she was struck in the face with an open hand twice, struck again in the face with a stolen folded political sign, and then pepper sprayed after the Vermont Liberty rally at the Vermont State House Saturday.
Klar: The left’s hatred has escalated post-Trump
Donald Trump has passed from view, but the virus of New Leftism is thriving and easy to see. And what is visible is that it is a bitter, seething contempt, far wider than any one man.
The Nation Makers I met this morning
by Guy Page July 4, 2020 – Howard Pyle’s 1903 painting “The Nation Makers” depicts a small line of determined Revolutionary War soldiers, tattered and bandaged, surging into battle. A Rockwell Center […]
State of Vermont removes ‘BLM is racist’ graffiti, allows pro-BLM graffiti
Less than three weeks after protecting BLM graffiti, VTrans eliminates anti-BLM roadway messages in same town. Free speech issue? by Guy Page July 16, 2020 – Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) highway […]
Will State make Covid vaccine mandatory?
On August 25, both Gov. Phil Scott and Health Commissioner Mark Levine said they were open but not committed to mandatory vaccination for Covid-19. They took a ‘wait and see’ approach. Would the vaccine be safe? Effective? As Gov. Scott said: “details do matter.”
“Liberty” street mural decision delayed, project criticized by Montpelier official
By Guy Page Due to a decision by the City of Montpelier, there will be no “Liberty and Justice for All” street mural painting party Friday, July 3, organizer and Republican gubernatorial […]