A bill approving a Burlington City Charter change removing language about prostitution was signed by Gov. Phil Scott.
Scott signs Burlington prostitution bill
Commentary: Clean Heat Standard would have afflicted Vermont farmers fighting global famine
A capacity for local food production means that when times get tough, Vermont will have affordable nourishing food and will limit hunger in our communities.
Senate candidate Mermel endorsed by Mike Huckabee
“As one who had to run in a state dominated by Democrats – 91% of elected officials in Arkansas were Democrats when I ran – I know that you need to run with innovative ideas and be a different kind of conservative that focuses on solving real problems,” Mike Huckabee said.
Local gangs, increased gun sales blamed for Burlington gunfire epidemic
Burlington’s gunfire epidemic is caused by local gangs, not out-of-state drug rings, city officials said today.
Montpelier to hold town hall over school threat
Today’s headlines from Vermont news media.
ACLU: are Vermont’s prosecutors not reporting bad cops?
Elected prosecutors have a major role to play in holding police accountable for misconduct. That can include pressing criminal charges when police abuse their power and violate civil rights – something prosecutors rarely elect to do.
Will Sarah George face Boudin-like voter backlash?
The ACLU of Vermont is rallying behind progressive prosecutors promoting “criminal law reform and demands for police accountability.”
Unwanted school milk goes to food shelves, local pigs
Problem: students don’t want the milk that comes with subsidized meals, but schools don’t get paid by the feds if the kids refuse it. Solution: give the milk to local food shelves, or feed it to pigs.
Charges in fentanyl overdose /Chittenden County drug dealers sentenced to prison
Two Chittenden County men caught dealing heroin and other illegal drugs are headed to federal prison for multi-year terms.
Short of dispatchers, state juggles workload and offers $46K to start
The state’s dispatcher shortage is expected to become more acute in the coming months, as call volume typically increases during the summer, and additional staff departures are expected.
Have you seen this missing woman?
Police are looking for a missing person, a 38-year-old Mt. Holly woman whose empty car was found on a back road in Mt. Holly.
The New Fascism, Part III – Vermont’s Clean Heat Standard was corporate-driven legislation
Replacing fossil fuels with environmentally-unfriendly biofuels, without clear limits, would have created serious problems.
SF voters oust soft-on-crime prosecutor
Now that San Francisco voters have rejected its soft-on-crime district attorney, will Chittenden County voters contemplate the same for no-jail Sarah George?
Scott jabbed for safe injection site veto
Opponents of safe injection sites say their effectiveness is unclear and are a ‘foot in the door’ for legalizing possession and sale of hard drugs.
Evslin: An overabundance of caution is excessive
When it’s just plain dangerous to shut down nuclear power plants, baby formula factories, and schools “due to an abundance of caution.”
Beware rental housing scams / ferry service return unlikely
Everyone is looking – the Burlington School Board, for money to build a new high school; summer and child care employers, for workers; and ferry customers, for a ride across the Lake.
More Vermonters working, but still fewer than before pandemic
The ongoing post-pandemic employment gap of about 15,000 employed Vermonters, despite the unprecedented demand for workers, has led some Vermonters to wonder why.
Douglas backs Klar for state senate
“John Klar has the energy and the background to tackle our problems,” former Gov. James Douglas said.
Tynio: add school security, build citizen proficiency with firearms
Considering that shootings have also taken place at many locations outside of schools, I wish to encourage law abiding citizens to become proficient with firearms and to carry them whenever possible.
“Astounding” discovery of orchid believed extinct in VT since 1902
“Discovering a viable population of a federally threatened species unknown in our state for over a century is astounding,” said Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department Botanist Bob Popp.
Alleged shooter on the lam / NYC man busted for dealing coke in Barre
A 61-year-old Johnson man with a drug crime record allegedly shot a 26-year-old man in the neck during a dispute on Railroad Street in Johnson.
Former inmate shot dead in Springfield
The death of Justin Gilliam, 38, is the latest in a series of shootings in Springfield, a once-prosperous mill town now experiencing heavy drug crime activity and a shortage of police officers.
Burlington power rate increase, new school too expensive to bond
The electricity rates are going up in Burlington, and the new high school’s price tag exceeds the city’s borrowing capacity.
McClaughry: Is there a sea level rise problem?
I got to thinking, the level of Lake Champlain varies by six feet over the course of each year, and that’s been going on since Champlain first visited here in 1609.
Vermont more lenient about drop box video, ballot harvesting than states in ‘2000 Mules’
Vermont is more lenient about ballot harvesting and drop box depositing and requires less video surveillance than some states seen in 2000 Mules.
Trump senior aide arrested by FBI after vowing Biden impeachment / AZ ballot harvesting guilty plea
An Arizona woman has pleaded guilty to using her position in the Democratic Party to illegally harvest ballots in a “sophisticated” ballot abuse scheme.
Dame: Dem solution to school shootings easy to explain, won’t solve underlying problem
Democrats act as if the solution to school shootings is to either take some guns away from all people, or take all guns away from some people.
Klar: China controls vital diesel fuel additive, and we’re running short
DEF is an emissions control liquid required by the EPA in diesel engines manufactured after 2010 as an “aftertreatment technology” to reduce vehicle emissions.
Lampreys look disgusting, but leave them alone
Connecticut River sea lamprey aren’t invasive like their Lake Champlain cousins.
Day after gunfire injures former City Councilor, Burlington mayor asks council to help stop “reckless shootings”
A day after a former Burlington city councilor was struck in the head by gunfire shrapnel in his own backyard, Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger demanded the City Council and other authorities help stop the shooting spree in the state’s largest city.
Vermont man’s helmet a relic of D-Day, 1944
On the beaches of Normandy, June 6 1944, German gunfire took a terrific gouge out of a Norwich, Vermont man’s Army helmet – but he survived to write to his parents: “don’t worry.”
Dem who opposed Prop 5 faces primary
Voting your religious conscience on abortion-related legislation may have consequences, if you’re a Vermont Democratic legislator.
Water Cooler: Congrats to Darren Perron
The kid from Glover wins another Emmy. And now you, too, can adopt a storm drain. These headlines and others from Vermont media today.
Age hike for semi-auto purchase, body armor ban considered by Baruth
Body armor is like a radar detector because it gives crooks an unfair advantage over cops, Sen. Phil Baruth says.
Franklin County men fined for dumping boat / DUI #5 for ATV crash
Rather than paying to dispose of the boat properly, Bailey devised a plan to set the junk boat adrift in the Missisquoi River – but he didn’t have a tow hitch.
Alleged murderer was fentanyl dealer, police say
A search of a bag Moffitt hurriedly threw in the trash revealed more than 3,000 bags of suspected fentanyl, and distribution quantities of powder and crack cocaine.
Suspected Athens poacher busted for heroin, unlawful gun possession
Ryan Goodrich, 37, of of the Windham County town of Athens was arraigned Wednesday, June 1 on an indictment that alleges on March 3, Goodrich unlawfully possessed an unregistered short-barrel shotgun, unlawfully possessed multiple shotguns and an AR-style rifle due to Goodrich’s prior felony convictions, and unlawfully possessed heroin.
Proposal 5 has nothing to do with Roe V. Wade
Although advocates of Proposal 5 often cite respect for Roe v. Wade as a rallying cry, what they are calling for is, instead, a radical departure from that Supreme Court precedent.
Bananas: My dog is a bigoted bully
I am writing to seek help with my dog who has been revealing himself to be a bigoted, racist, transphobic, bully, and I don’t know what to do.
Plenty of shekels and shackles in new state housing laws
The two bills seek to address Vermont’s acute housing shortage with two popular tools of Vermont state government: shekels and shackles.
Water Cooler: arson in WRJ
A construction worker allegedly set fire to a White River Junction building.
Post-Uvalde, state reviews school safety, security
The State of Vermont has allocated $6 million in the last three years to enhance school safety – is it enough?
Burlington to deploy more cops downtown
No time like the present to build back the Burlington Police Department from 66 officers to the target roster of 85.
Winooski corner store closes after 28 years
J&Js provided Winooski residents with more than just tobacco and food – it cultivated community.
Go-go couple creates go-to dining in Randolph, Bethel
Anyone who meets J.J. Poljacik quickly realizes his vision is superseded only by his energy to make it happen.
Could ‘2000 Mules’-style ballot fraud happen in Vermont? Ballot harvesting, drop boxes legal here
Drop boxes, universal mailed ballots, and ballot harvesting – all crucial to the electoral fraud in six battleground states in the 2020 presidential election – are permitted under Vermont’s pandemic election law passed by the Legislature in 2020.
Double-fatal Williamstown tractor-trailer rollover / Big rig plunges off St. J I-91 bridge
Two harrowing tractor-trailer accidents yesterday resulted in two fatalities on Vermont roads.
Big egg factory torched
A barn that housed tens of thousands of chickens on Forsman Farm in Howard Lake, Minnesota, one of the nation’s largest egg producers, was set aflame late Saturday night.
GOP candidates address school violence at press conference today
School Resource Officers and other preventive steps are vital to preventing a school shooting in Vermont, candidates say.
Despathy: the New Fascism being sold as ‘public-private partnership’
Why was Sen. Patrick Leahy at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos last month?
Your letters: Former Ag secretary backs Gray / Beware false flags / ‘Warshington’ Warlords
A former Vermont Secretary of Agriculture says farm-raised Molly Gray is the best pick for Congress.
Bill to conserve half of all Vermont land vetoed
The bill, sponsored by House Natural Resources Chair Amy Sheldon (D-Middlebury), cites United Nations-sourced information that a million plant and animal species are threatened with extinction, humans globally are are squeezing wildlife into ever smaller areas, and that changes in land and sea use are the #1 driver of these problems.
Madden: does Becca Balint get her facts right before she takes a position?
It’s easy to advocate for things that prove you’re on the “right side,” even when what we should be doing is telling more complex stories.
McClaughry: Farewell to Scary Mary
Ms. Jankowicz is a voluble and sharp tongued 33 year old social media activist from the nether regions of the Democratic Party, eager to wield the hammer of the Biden Ministry of Truth.
Road-rage shooter turns himself in
Alleged Jeffersonville road-rage shooter Jermaine Morris, 41, turned himself in to troopers at the Williston Barracks and was taken into custody without incident.
Water Cooler: inflation & fixed incomes
Headlines from today’s media.
Drag Queen Story Hour library opponent resigns due to “unprecedented” hostile, malicious response
“The attacks will continue as long as they serve the agenda of some, empower the perpetually angry, feed the social media frenzy, and bring clicks to websites,” Robert Nied said in his letter of resignation.
Expect another gun bill next January, Baruth says
Phil Baruth, the Legislature’s acknowledged leader in gun control legislation, admits that Phil Scott has the final say.
Benning: Clean Heat Standard wrong tool for the job
The only thing using the wrong tool of the Clean Heat Standard would accomplish would be to drive a substantial portion of our population into financial distress.
‘2000 Mules’ documentary to be shown in Williston this Saturday
Drawing on research provided by the election integrity group True the Vote, “2000 Mules” offers two types of evidence: geotracking and video.
Bennington man arrested for 2019 murder of woman in Searsburg
Vermont State Police on Wednesday, June 1 arrested a suspect in the 2019 homicide of a woman whose remains were found in a shallow grave in Searsburg
Krauss: legislators, accept the pay sacrifice
For the benefit of the institution of a citizen legislature, please accept the temporary financial discomfort, serve your time honorably, and then go back to gainful employment as thousands of legislators past and present have done.
Veto #13 gives thumbs-down on Act 250 reform
Gov. Phil Scott vetoed 13 bills during the 2021-22 session. Nine stuck.
Man denies burglarizing father’s home
Headlines from Vermont media.
Threat closes elementary school
Police were contacted by school staff who informed them they received a report of an alleged threat made to the school by a student.
Thayer: Act NOW to protect school children
Many of the modern pharmaceutical drugs used to treat these specific conditions carry warnings that people taking them may experience suicidal or homicidal thoughts.
McClaughry: Stare decisis and Roe V. Wade
Justice Alito noted especially, among the cases overturned, the notorious Plessy v. Ferguson decision (1896) that upheld racial segregation on railroad coaches.
GOP has three-way primary for governor, 78 candidates for House, 19 for Senate
In the Vermont House, 78 Republicans have stepped forward in an effort to wrest control from the Democratic-Progressive supermajority.
Scott signs bills giving state authority over school mascots, universal school meals
Framers of the universal school meals law say it will remove stigma, promote student performance, and help the local food economy; critics say it soaks the poor to subsidize the rich.
SHORTS: Hoyt running for governor
An outspoken pro-2A, pro-cannabis native Vermonter from Bennington is running for governor as an independent.
Despathy: What the New Fascism looks like
Could fascism be stealth – hidden in plain sight, sold to the people by offering protection, security, services, justice and aid?
Johnny B Patriarchy Profile: Satan Klaus
The WEF meeting began to fill with the A-list of the super-rich, so elite you won’t find their numbers in the Yellow Pages because they exchange them in their little black books on Epstein Island.
Pieciak endorsed by gay rights group
The endorsement signals Victory Fund’s confidence that Pieciak is well-positioned to win the Treasurer’s race and will be a strong voice for equality once elected.
Marathon, Rolling Thunder, parades highlight Memorial Day weekend
A beautiful Memorial Day weekend brought out motorcycle rides, marathon runners, parade viewers, and Vermonters honoring the fallen at the veterans’ cemetery.
Divney withdraws from Treasurer race after DUI report surfaces
Kevin Divney, a finance expert and fund manager, emailed Vermont Daily Chronicle shortly after 11 AM this morning: “I have removed my name from the Ballot for Office of Treasurer this morning. I will have no further comments.”
Keelan: Dems threw a bone, no-one took it
The many organizers behind the Clean Heat Standard are intelligent, committed to the doctrine of climate change, and have substantial in-state and out-of-state financial resources.
Kelly announces run for State House
Kelly is also taking aim at the “super-majority” in the Legislature that has resulted in ill-advised legislation.
Flemming: Mass shooting deaths lower in U.S. than in some European countries
As far as the chances of dying in a mass public shooting, the US stacks up favorably vs. most European countries. Our rate still falls in the bottom half.
Threatens to kill family at state campground
A bank burglary, a fatal car crash, an almost-disastrous wreck involving five teenagers, and a drunk driving through a state campground at night in pursuit of a family he threatened to kill – just another holiday weekend for Vermont’s Thin Blue Line.
Scott signs “old forest” management, tax relief bills
Leaving Vermont woodlands untouched will mean less healthy trees because ‘unmanaged’ forests often result in disease and pest proliferation.
Guard schools with ex-Marines, former Marine and Congress candidate says
Banning assault weapons won’t do much more than tick off conservatives.
Your letters: the Biden blackouts / Big Pharma blood money
Washington pols have taken Big Pharma blood money, and look out for the Biden Blackout!
Out-of-state men face cocaine charges in separate incidents
A Springfield, MA man was charged with selling drugs out of the home of a Williamstown man.
Man charged with possession of coke, heroin, stolen U-Haul
A man claiming to be a U-Haul employee took a truck from a Burlington location – but he wasn’t.
Corrected updates – Peyton: Until political violence from the left and the right ends, we’ll keep our guns
With governmental violence what it is, arming up is the very wisest thing the people can do.
Watercooler: VT Left opposes Molly Gray
Vermont’s political left has chosen sides in the race for Congress – against front-runner Molly Gray.
Not-yet-final list of primary candidates shows challenger for Scott
Just one Republican has declared for one of the newly redistricted Chittenden County Senate seats: Rep. Leland Morgan, a Milton/Grand Isle representative seeking the newly created Chittenden North seat.
Finance expert runs for State Treasurer
Divney has managed investment funds with assets over $12 billion, which is roughly 50% larger than the entire budget for the State of Vermont.
CVU, Montpelier not only high schools to ditch school cops
School resource officers aren’t welcome on the premises of several Vermont high schools, but many others see the value in an on-duty police officer.
Ben & Jerry’s supports bill denying parental veto of child’s transgender therapy
Ben & Jerry’s took out a full page ad in the May 25 Seven Days to criticize “social media attacks on legislators over a transgender rights bill.”
Klar: ‘Progressive’ Montpelier taxes the poor, rewards the rich
Vermont’s EV car program is supported regressively by diverting tax dollars from low-income Vermonters to finance fancy “planet-saving” cars that no regular Vermonter could afford until it is ready for the junk yard.
Jim Douglas skips Middlebury College 50th reunion over cancel culture
If Middlebury College ever bragged on alum and former Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas in the past, it may not have that right anymore: Douglas is sort of disowning his alma mater.
Students demand action after shooting
The ACLU says the Legislature dropped the ball on police reform, and students are demanding action following the Texas shootings.
Two Vermont high schools that kicked school cops off campus now facing shooter threats
Two schools now facing shooter threats stopped having school resource officers during the last two years.
Another State House incumbent not running; petition deadline today
Another incumbent has joined the ranks of lawmakers not seeking re-election.
South Burlington man threatened death, rape to state judge, prosecutor, feds say
Puma reportedly has been in and out of the state criminal justice system for years. In 2019 he punched his defense attorney in the face in court, and required five officers to restrain him, the news report said.
Two more charges in Danville murder-for-hire
Serhat Gumrukcu, 39, of Los Angeles, California, and Berk Eratay, 35, of Las Vegas, Nevada, were arrested yesterday for conspiring to use interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire of Gregory Davis of Danville.
Don’t let lawmakers earning more $$ from energy companies vote on energy bills, Gray says
Molly Gray wants to prevent federal lawmakers from voting on energy legislation if their energy earnings exceed their legislative salary.
Balint: march for federal gun laws
The Senate must end the filibuster, then expand background checks and waiting periods for people who do not pass a background check.
Davis: banning semi-autos won’t work – here’s why
The ‘gun violence epidemic’ parallels the obesity epidemic, the drug abuse epidemic, and is a direct reflection of the entitled, cynical, and nihilistic view held by a large chunk of Americans.
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