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Author Archives: TNR

Vermont Republican Party

VTGOP: Statement on expanding the VT sales tax

The Vermont Republican Party calls on all legislators of all parties to formally and loudly reject this proposal. At our most recent State Committee Meeting a resolution opposing this new tax was passed unanimously.

March 30, 2021 in Press Release.
Public domain

Letter: H.R. 1 takes control of elections away from the states

H.R. 1, the “For the People Act,” should be called the “Democrats Consolidating Control of Elections Act.” It is one of the most disgraceful pieces of partisan legislation imaginable.

March 30, 2021 in Commentary.
state of Vermont

John Klar: Vermont governor’s COVID order bans hate speech to achieve cultural equity

If Gov. Scott and BLM wish to introduce a new amendment to the United States Constitution to override the Supreme Court’s rulings, that is the legal path to change the Bill of Rights, not sneaky COVID orders that aggressively trundle well-established liberties.

March 29, 2021 in Commentary.
USPS

Curtis Hier: Georgia’s new voter verification ‘essential to the integrity of absentee ballots’

The other part of the new Georgia law that has drawn ire and fire is the ID requirement. But let’s consider the actual law, not the media version of it.

March 29, 2021 in Commentary.

Keelan: Diversity, climate change, ethnic affairs new Vermont cottage industries

If you own or work at a Vermont consulting practice that focuses on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusiveness (DEI), Climate Change, or Ethnic Affairs, you are in the right place for exponential growth.

March 29, 2021 in Commentary.

Campaign for Vermont: Pension reform suddenly looks real

There were major developments this week on pension reform. Word began circulating last week that the Speaker had a “secret group” of legislators working on a pension plan. Leaders of the House Government Operations Committee released their proposal on Wednesday.

March 29, 2021 in Commentary.
U.S. Census Bureau

Op-ed: Legislative apportionment in Vermont

It’s that time of the decade again! The U.S. Constitution requires a census every 10 years, and this up-to-date population count is used to ensure that our elected representatives in the legislature are equitably apportioned across the state.

March 29, 2021 in Commentary.
Bruce Parker

John Klar: Proposed Vermont statute perverts history

The “social justice” movement has descended upon the Green Mountains as leftists employ absurd lies to impose glaring injustices. Perhaps the biggest of these lies being spread by leftists lawmakers is that Vermonters killed off all the Native Americans, and must now pay economic penance.

March 28, 2021 in Commentary.
Wikimedia Commons/Ardfern

Tom Licata: Racism is rampant in Vermont — in Vermont government, that is

During a meeting of the Burlington City Council’s Public Safety Committee and the Police Commission, it was said that removing Green, an individual who is black, and appointing Springer, an individual who is white, was, in the words of police commissioner Melo Grant, “really beyond the pale.” Oh, if George Orwell were still alive.

March 27, 2021 in Commentary.
Boulder Police Department

USA Today fires ‘race and inclusion editor’ after she falsely blamed Colorado shooting on ‘angry white man’

USA TODAY Sports’ race and inclusion editor Hemal Jhaveri announced Friday she was fired after falsely saying an “angry white man” was responsible for Monday’s mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado.

March 27, 2021 in U.S..
Public domain

Weiland Ross: The Electoral College protects democracy

The recurring proposals that endorse eliminating or subverting the Electoral College by some kind of “interstate compact” is a bad proposal for many reasons. The Electoral College is necessary to help preserve our democracy.

March 26, 2021 in Commentary.

Dialogues with Meg Hansen: Bankrupting Vermont through unfunded public pension debt

For years, David Coates has been sounding the alarm about Vermont’s unfunded liabilities regarding public pensions and health care benefits for retirees and their spouses. He joins Meg Hansen to explain this crisis and why no one in power wants to deal with the elephant in the room.

March 26, 2021 in Videos.

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