Senate leader Tim Ashe to taxpayers: ‘Tell us the program you want to get rid of’
Can the Vermont Legislature cut its way out of a looming $400 million budget deficit in next year’s budget? Senate President Pro Tem Tim Ashe thinks not.
Dana Colson: Vermont’s rural economy is in crisis
Helping our farmers and loggers will have a ripple effect throughout our rural communities. If farmers do well, that helps the veterinarians, the feed store, the equipment dealers and other small businesses. This is the key to reviving our rural economy.
Opinion: California’s dangerous vote-by-mail experiment
The California Globe pointed out that 458,000 residents who died or moved are still on the “active” rolls — meaning that a half-million ballots will be floating out there for the taking. Another 24,000 people, Election Integrity Project California warns, will get two or more. It’s a recipe for disaster, watchdogs say.
Speaker Pelosi’s coronavirus bill includes billions for illegal aliens
Speaker Nancy Pelosi introduced her party’s coronavirus relief package, which includes billions of dollars in carve outs for illegal aliens, grants to sanctuary cities, and other protections for the undocumented community.
Q & A about Big Brother and COVID-19: drones, snitches and bills numbered 666
Are police using drones for surveillance? No. Are citizens informing on fellow citizens? Yes. Is the press being controlled? No. Absolutely not. Will protective facial masks become mandatory? Probably not.
Bucknam: The left has taken on the characteristics of ‘the redeemed’ of pseudo religion
There are pseudo religious cults whose believers are convinced they are redeemed so that they are free to live however they wish without consequences — and conversely, those who do not belong to their cult are irredeemably evil.
Curtis Hier: Pandemic schooling – a look into the future?
Pandemic schooling is free of many of the nagging problems of traditional schooling, even private schooling. No disciplinary issues to speak of. No bullying. No threat of violence at all. The learning is insulated from the social distractions.
Bernie Sanders says chances are ‘very, very slim’ that he runs for president again
Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders all but shot down the possibility that he will run for the White House again, suggesting that another politician will take his place as the progressive choice.
Database swells to 1,285 proven cases of voter fraud in America
Without rigid safeguards to prevent fraud, misuse, and voter intimidation, absentee ballot fraud — while it may occur sporadically — already has affected the outcome of elections in states and counties across the country.
Windsor County town that ‘welcomes’ illegal immigrants keeps tabs on second homeowners
Now Kenyon, a longstanding columnist for the daily Valley News and other area publications, wonders why the same town that is hands-off about illegal immigrants has sent a letter to second-home owners inquiring about their whereabouts.
Elon Musk rails against California’s ‘ignorant’ health officials, says he’s moving Tesla’s HQ to red state Texas
“Tesla is filing a lawsuit against Alameda County immediately,” Musk wrote on Twitter before condemning the county’s “unelected & ignorant” health care officials who he said are “acting contrary to the Governor, the President, our Constitutional freedoms & just plain common sense!”
Keelan: To be able to give a hug once again
I said to Kelly, all I want to do is to give a big hug for what you are doing for mom and me. She was quick to say, “Dad, your hugs are going to have to wait a little bit longer. It is way too risky for me to give you a hug.”