The Vermont House voted overwhelmingly to override Gov. Phil Scott’s vetoes of five bills. See how your representatives votes.
Roll Call! – the Veto Session
68 years ago, President Eisenhower was skunked in Pittsford
In the newsroom three nights before Ike’s visit, a young man overheard Judge Smith tell managing editor Bud Mattison of a plan to fill the presidential creel.
Vermont Right to Life BIRTHday Picnic tomorrow
On Saturday, June 24, the Vermont Right to Life Educational Trust will host a “BIRTHday Picnic” on the State House Lawn in Montpelier from 11:30am to 1:00pm.
Burlington group takes down anti-trans stickers
“We do not censor or criminalize speech in this nation because it offends,” said a critic of a citizen’s group removing anti-trans stickers.
Man who stabbed victim repeatedly charged with attempted murder, police say
The victim of a Northfield stabbing was sent to the hospital with critical injuries.
Roper: So, a 78% approval rating and $2 gets you a cup of coffee
None of the veto votes was even close.
Partin: Bitcoin 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Understanding Bitcoin
Even though Bitcoin has a lot of potential and advantages, it is important to use care and do your study before using it.
Biker dies when neck strikes chain
The dirt-bike struck a chain that was hung across a camp road entrance.
Worst frost damage in 25 years leaves growers unsure they can remain in business
The State of Vermont is asking the federal government for help to keep Vermont growers afloat following May’s horrific late frost.
RFK Jr. speaks on climate without pontificating
A recent EAI event featured famed columnist George F. Will, and was largely attended by conservatives. A different cross-section of Vermonters gathered for RFK’s visit, hinting at the possibility of a growing alliance of populist support for an authentic maverick.
VT Headlines: Neighbors say low-barrier pod shelter a magnet for crime
Montpelier woman cited after person falls off moving car, police say; Senator Sanders pushes for Pentagon, D.O.D. audit; Vt. teen on Capitol Hill to advocate for better health care for kids
Opinion: Congress won’t stop deficit spending / Overtaxed and moving to NH
From local government to Congress, government takes and spends too much.
483-ton power transformer to clog I-89 traffic this weekend
The Vermont Agency of Transportation wants you to know that traffic will be very, very slow on I-89 South between Milton and Barre for about eight hours this weekend.
Despite protest, 100 gather to hear de-transitioner Walt Heyer
The protest outside the Heyer event followed an unsuccessful effort to get the Vergennes school superintendent to cancel the event.
RFK Jr. dinner tonight sold out
RFK Jr. says he’s not ‘anti-vax,’ but pro-safe vaccines: “I spent 35 years trying to get mercury out of the fish. That doesn’t make me anti-fish.”
Legislative pay hike veto stands – for now
The Vermont Legislature won’t override Gov. Phil Scott’s veto of a controversial pay and benefit hike for all lawmakers.
Iselin: The lone gunwoman
In stark contrast to today’s “media”, the following is a true, accurate, honest account of what happened in Lyndon, VT on Sat. June 10, 2023.
VT Headlines: Man arrested in St. Albans armed robbery of Bayberry Cottage
Welch introduces act to end medication price gouging; Sheldon Elementary School target of ‘racist’ and ‘homophobic’ graffiti; Weekend flooding causes damage in Upper Valley towns
Who’s Afraid of Naomi Wolf?
Naomi Wolf stands out as a walkaway: a dyed-in-the-wool liberal feminist who woke up to the lies of her government.
Sadomasochistic sex with girl gets ex-CNN producer 20 years
A former CNN producer lured a Nevada woman and her adopted pre-teen daughter to his ski chalet in Windsor County.
Man jailed after retail theft, heroin possession, failure-to-appear charges / AR-15 theft
After investigation Andre Martel, age 39, of Burlington was taken into custody for retail theft, possession of heroin and for two active arrest warrants for failure to appear at court.
Man shot by police murdered man with hammer 20 years ago
Barber broke free, got in a vehicle and tried to drive away, at which point he struck Detective Hewitt with the car. Hewitt fired his weapon one time, hitting Barber.
Dame: Legislative pay & recruitment
When the scope of the legislative session is so broad its length could extend indefinitely, and in other Deep Blue states, they have become full-time year-round positions with salary and benefits.
Bananas: FBI announces new elite Storm Trooper Units
When asked about the inspiration for the new crime fighting team F.B.I. Director Christopher Wray explained they were an homage to one of his favorite historical memories, the movie “Star Wars”.
VT Headlines: Vermont Police investigate fire department burglary
Police investigating Short Stop burglary in Bakersfield; A new plan to extend emergency housing but with some requirements; Vermont State Police investigating fatal officer-involved shooting
House to consider amendment restoring ‘homeless hotel’ program
The amendment appears to be an attempt to entice the 17 Democrat and Progressive legislators who refused to vote for the budget last month because it didn’t extend the ‘homeless hotel’ emergency housing program.
Cop shoots, kills Fair Haven man
When the police officer arrived, an altercation occurred between the officer and a man outside the home.
Addleman: Vermont taking Monsanto to court over polychlorinated biphenyls contamination
The suit is designed to protect Vermont’s natural resources and schools that have been affected by contamination from the chemicals.
Bananas: Vermont tells America “Don’t kill yourself, let us do it for you”
Vermont is quickly becoming an end of life getaway for those wishing to fall into the arms of Morpheus for all of eternity.
Vermont Turkey Brood Survey Starts July 1
Starting July 1, VT Fish & Wildlife is asking people who see wild turkey broods during the month to provide information about their sightings via a survey on the department’s website.
Roper: The Blob seeks ways to continue discriminating against Christians
Push is on to end all school choice rather than let some parents choose Catholic schools for their kids.
Teenage voting, childcare spending, and $8.5 billion budget face House veto override
Gov. Scott’s vetoes seek to restrain record spending and tinkering with municipal voter eligibility. Will the House override?
Scott signs cybersecurity bill
A bill requiring a state review of cybersecurity was signed by Gov. Scott Monday.
U.N. lays groundwork for defining child sex as human right
It’s all there in a recent U.N. policy statement.
Another person found dead in trash/recycling center
For the second time this year, a Vermonter was found dead after being dumped by a trash/recycling truck at a recycling center.
No chanting, threats outside black gay poet’s reading, participant says
“I was carrying a Bible, and I wanted to give it to him,” Iselin said. “I’ve known Toussaint for 10 years.” Several years ago she literally risked her life to support him.
Lomborg: Thinking smartly about climate change
It can be easily demonstrated that climate change, however serious, is not an incoming giant meteor.
VT Headlines: Vt. Attorney General warns about dangers of identity theft
VT health care regulators pass OneCare Budget aimed at accountability; Abenaki Heritage weekend kicks off at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum; Vermonters continue weekend-long Juneteenth celebrations
Legislative pay hike veto goes to Senate tomorrow
S.39 would give the next and every future Legislature a steep raise, plus adjournment pay, plus State of Vermont employee-level health care benefits, plus several other benefits; all told, about $50,000 per legislator.
Klar’s ‘Small Farm Republic’ takes on globalist farming
Starvation is a very real possibility in America, as food prices skyrocket faster than underlying inflation, more food is imported, and food is shipped from increasingly large distances in a fragile infrastructure.
Many from Africa, Europe, Asia, Central/South America cross illegally into Swanton Sector
17 countries are represented in the Border Patrol apprehensions of illegal immigrants in the Swanton sector.
Hartford CT truck thief kidnapped Good Samaritan on I-89, police say
Helping an accident victim on a cold winter night is the Vermont Way.
Third arrest this month for man released ‘on conditions’
Vermont’s catch-and-release bail policies aren’t stopping a regular in the St. Johnsbury police blotter.
Keelan: Supermajority opened floodgates to overspending
The secret is out about Vermont. It is no longer just a pristine state with rolling hills, quaint villages, farms, and thousands of miles of unpaved roads. Its underbelly is now clear to all.
16-year-old dies in Berkshire truck rollover
Rain was falling and the road was wet when the teenage driver overcorrected his steering just before 1 AM.
McClaughry: The possibly “historic” veto session
The supermajority Democratic legislature confronts a popular Republican governor. Consider this combination of facts…
Roper: Legislature just decided to start automatically deducting 5% of Vermonters’ paychecks
The state will automatically deduct 5 percent of said employees’ paychecks (increasing to 8 percent over time), putting the money into that account – without the employees’ consent!
Father’s Day, 2023: baseball, creemees, fatherhood sermons, and drag queens at the Elks Club
The decision by a local civic organization to host the event doesn’t sit well with a local businessman and Scout leader.
Kelly: when Elon Musk calls ESG ‘Satanic,’ get concerned
Is the ESG movement intentionally obscure? No doubt. Should those of us interested in individual rights and freedom learn more about it? Absolutely.
People crossing southern border illegally in 2023 equal almost 2X population of Vermont
The 1.2 million – almost twice Vermont’s total population of 647,000 – doesn’t count illegal entries on the northern border, which are about five times greater than last year.
Orleck: Hotels, bus tickets, jail cells don’t meet homeless Vermonters’ real needs
The more outrageous and destructive an idea might be, the more it is embraced.
Guv to bike 93 miles in one day to celebrate completion of Rail Trail – wanna come along?
The media and the public are invited to join in all or part of the Governor’s ride and any of the planned brief stops.
VT Headlines: VT Department of Health tracking six COVID outbreaks
Vt. election reform bill could be taken up in veto session; Vt. communities search for PFAS solution as water remains unsafe; Green Mountain Care Board cracks down on OneCare Vermont
Bennett: June is Dairy Month, especially in Manhattan
Just having the word Vermont on the label trumps everything. Several Wall Streeters cart the milk home to New Canaan and Saddle River in their briefcases.
Update: Man charged with killing mom at sea left note before his death
Carman was found dead in his cell at the Cheshire County Jail in Keene, N.H. about 2:45 a.m. Thursday morning, officials said. He was housed in a single cell, they said.
Man charged with murdering mother at sea is dead
In addition to a murder charge, Carman had been facing federal charges for falsely claiming the sinking of his boat the “Chicken Pox.”
Sports betting, clean water bills become law
The Legislature done good by leveraging one state dollar for 12 federal dollars in clean water spending, Gov. Phil Scott said.
Gervais: Uphold the Assault Veto
I don’t need my preschool grandchildren, great grandchildren, or grand nieces and nephews receiving any sort of curriculum across the gender and sexuality spectrum.
Johnson: “Pride Month” – Here’s what I’m not proud of
A former Lamoille County resident regrets her liberal, “gender-affirming” past.
The Hermit of North Bridgewater Road
Just a few stones remain of the cabin that was once the home of the Hermit of Bridgewater, Ernest A. Spinney (1888-1962).
VT Headlines: Municipalities take on the burden of hotel housing program ending
Housing advocates say budget compromise falls short; Sanders introduces bill to make college tuition-free; Campaign launched to create Vermont climate superfund
Legislature’s Impeachment Committee continues to exclude public from hearings
A legislative committee charged with deciding whether to impeach two elected county officials has barred the public from its inquiry meetings – much to the dismay of the Vermont press corps.
From Democracy To Technocracy
Technocracy is rule by an elite of ‘technical experts.’ It’s happening right now, in Vermont.
NH couple sold stolen human remains, police say
Parts of bodies donated to Harvard for medical research were stolen and sold for profit by the morgue manager, authorities say.
Legislature considers indefinite homeless hotel funding
Montpelier is in a quandry over homeless housing as the June 20-22 veto override sessions looms.
Southern Poverty Law Center adds parents’ group with VT affiliate to its ‘hate map’
The extreme-leftist SPLC has decided to label millions of parents from all backgrounds, parties, religions and race as “hateful, conspiratorial, and pervasive”, alongside the KKK, simply for speaking out in defense of their children.
Scott’s veto of childcare bill should be upheld
Unfortunately, odds are it won’t be.
Trump pleads not guilty to classified documents charges
Trump says he should be exonerated because jury was not informed about law or Clinton case; Biden admin green-lights Chinese EV battery factory in Michigan, despite local opposition
John McClaughry combines “liberal niceness and conservative toughness,” says longtime friend
From the White House to the Vermont State House, the originality of John’s thought sometimes made him a contrarian in the results-oriented, career-obsessed world of politics.
Associate of woman at Leicester shooting has extensive drug bust record
The woman placed at the scene of a June 4 Leicester murder has a known associate from Brooklyn, NY with multiple drug arrests.
Vermont still the Maple Syrup King – but 2023 production down 20%
We’re still No. 1 in U.S. gallons produced, and #2 isn’t even close. New York, eat our dust!
VT Headlines: Vermont Republicans react to former President Trump’s court hearing
Community mourns actor Treat Williams killed in Vt. motorcycle crash; Burlington short-term rental compliance effort underway; Sen. Welch introduces the E-Access Act
Scott signs biggest transportation budget bill ever
The “T-Bill” calls for pavng 450 miles of the state’s highways, and also spending big on public transit, rail, bike and pedestrian paths, and charging stations.
Klar: What’s the beef with cows?
PETA and other animal rights organizations purport to talk for cows, but their voices ring hollow: the plan is not to release cows but to slaughter them.
Protect nesting loons and loon chicks
Few birding experiences rival hearing the haunting call of the loon or seeing them glide by in protected coves on a lake. Loonwatch Day is being held on July 15 this year, between 8 and 9 a.m..
Vermont grandparents victims of LA man’s bail scam
Conspirators would set up shop for a week or so in a state and start working the phones seeking elderly victims.
Dame: Progressive Dems threaten shutdown
The Vermont Democratic party of twenty years ago might have considered a Kevin McCarthy-like compromise. But many worry that Vermont Democrats of today left that orbit a long time ago.
Detransitioner Walt Heyer featured speaker at Vergennes event June 20
In April of 1983, Walt had surgery to “transition” from male to female, but hormones and sex change genital surgery couldn’t change his biological sex, nor solve the underlying issues driving his gender dysphoria.
VT Headlines: Understaffed police force has Vt. town turning to private security for help
Plane makes emergency landing at Burlington airport; Rutland is gathering social service providers that can help homeless people; Plattsburgh Airport one step closer to port of entry designation
Actor Treat Williams dies in Dorset motorcycle crash
Williams died after a car driven by a local theater director signaled and then turned left into his motorcycle’s lane.
Bill in Congress would boost maple syrup research, marketing
The legislation, would increase authorized funding earmarked for the Maple Research and Market Promotion program to $30 million.
Letters: Beware the Death Ceiling
A few days ago the federal government passed legislation to make our pitiful economic condition much worse.
79-year-old Vermont man is a 20th-generation Italian stone carver, and he’s the last one left
Recently, Vermont Public ran a fascinating profile on the 79-year-old, highlighting his incredible talent and the rich history of stone carvers that preceded him.
Balint named to House Judiciary
Vermont’s lone Congressperson has a minority seat on the influential House Judiciary Committee.
Missing boy found dead in Marshfield
State police did not release the nature of the death of David Hill III, but said it “is not considered suspicious.”
‘Equity’ state’s attorney named Superior Court judge
Northfield’s police chief strongly disputes Thibault’s charge of ‘disparate treatment’ of two Black and Hispanic men arrested on drug charges over the white women driving the car.
Evslin: S. Burlington is planning to require solar on new residential housing
What about doing it the other way around? We need housing more than we need solar panels.
VT Headlines: NY, NH, VT Target stores evacuated Sat. night following hoax bomb threat
Quebec Minister’s Cancellation of Event Citing ‘Anti-Abortion’ Stance Discriminatory: Christian Group; Georgia man identified in deadly Milton fishing accident
Bananas: Trump indicted in California for jaywalking
“The piles of waste all over the cities, like San Francisco, are bigger than the piles running the state in Sacramento. Have you been to San Francisco lately? Huge piles. YUGE,” the former president said.
Of haircuts & history, war & Peace
Barber shops may not possess the mass popularity of modern hair styling, but they have not yet gone the way of other Americana, like the drive-in movie theater and A&W.
St. J man busted for L&L with child / Man tried to smother victim
A St. Johnsbury man was jailed for luring and lewd and lascivious conduct with a 15-year-old.
St. Albans drug dealer present at Leicester slaying, police say
Bouchard was present when Scott Lanpher, 35, of Leicester was gunned down, authorities say.
Klar: Ireland joins the climate campaign to kill cows
Ireland has announced plans to cull hundreds of thousands of cows to comply with European Union climate policy. Indeed, cows are the heroes, not the villains, in rescuing the climate.
Stowe Rotary holds Smugglers Notch Stuckage Raffle
Guess the date and time!
VT Headlines: Police searching for 2 suspects in attempted robbery at Vt. gas station
New details on gas tanker fire, but is anyone investigating?; Police searching for 2 suspects in attempted robbery at Vt. gas station; Dartmouth Health lays off 75 workers
Couple sentenced for neglect of a vulnerable adult in Morrisville resulting in death
The woman was left immobile, soaked in urine, and her subsequent infection resulted in her death.
Killer-for-hire to plead guilty today
The paid killer of a Peacham man has entered into a plea agreement with federal authorities.
Foodstamp use higher outside Burlington/SB
If you think food stamp use is highest in Vermont’s biggest urban area….. think again.
For parents fed up with transgender/DEI ed, options and hope
Parents have options: try to change the system, or leave it for a better alternative. With both options, there are people ready to help.
Trump indicted in classified documents investigation
Donald Trump: ‘I have been indicted’
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