….And – is it worth 30 cents a day?

by Guy Page

Our news stories last week illustrate what makes the Vermont Daily Chronicle stand out from the rest of the pack of Vermont news hounds.

1. Who else covers Vermont’s ever-growing crime and public safety problem without politically-correct omission of stories and photos others deem ‘too sensitive’ in the eyes of Vermont’s self-appointed, equity-minded media curators? Crime is crime, no matter who commits it. This reporting isn’t racial or gender ‘dog whistling.’ It proclaims to the rooftops that more than 100 Vermonters a month die of opioid overdoses, and our criminal justice system must not shy away from prosecution and incarceration based on gender or skin color.
 

Philadelphia men arrested for fentanyl trafficking

December 20, 2024 • ( 13 Comments )

2. Who else covers the transgender education mandates in a way that includes the perspective of concerned, objecting parents? Just last night one of the concerned Middlebury parents covered in this news story wrote in an online comment that the transgender unit in her child’s class was mandatory. No opt-out allowed. More on that subject to come. Here’s one of the two stories we published this week on this subject….
 

Parents object to transgender-themed books in kindergarten

By MICHAEL BIELAWSKI on December 16, 2024 • ( 23 Comments )

3. Who else covers how Vermont officials attempt to infringe on the right to bear arms?

Vermont AG going after gunmakers for violence involving firearms

By CENTER SQUARE on December 19, 2024 • ( 32 Comments )

4. Who else represents both the tenants’ AND landlord’s point of view in the thorny issue of eviction? 

Landlords warn ‘just cause’ eviction will raise Vermont rents even higher

By GUY PAGE and DAVE SOULIA on December 16, 2024 • ( 10 Comments )

5. Who else reports on our Congressional delegation’s efforts to radically alter presidential voting and the U.S. Supreme Court?

Post-election, Welch seeks end to ‘outdated’ Electoral College

By GUY PAGE on December 17, 2024 • ( 38 Comments )

6. Who else reports on how the newly-elected Republicans in the House and Senate hope to make Vermont government smaller and resident’s paychecks last longer? 
 

Senate and House Republicans to propose changes to Global Warming Solutions Act

By PAUL BEAN December 19, 2024 • ( 13 Comments )

Of course I could go on and on. Planned Parenthood wants Vermont taxpayers to make up its $8.6 million deficit created by its own successful policy initiatives and management decisions. The School Education Blob that refuses to take the lead on budget-cutting our way out of our property tax crisis. Skyrocketing health insurance costs, with no consensus solution in sight. Etc. Etc. Etc. 

If VDC is the honest mirror in which state policy makers can see how they appear to many Vermonters, then our Sustaining Subscribers are the people who raise the mirror to their faces. Without your support – just 30 cents a day – the mirror stays in the drawer – just where they like it. 

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Blessings,

Free Speech Forever,

Guy Page, Editor and Publisher