Bob DePino: Testimony on gun bill S.30
S.30, and its sister gun-free zone bill, S.63, need to be buried before our state becomes another entry in the long list of government-created victimizations above.
In op-ed, Condos warns of 165 bills in 33 states arising out of ‘claims of widespread voter fraud’
“It’s my understanding this number has grown since their data collection, now surpassing 250 bills. This opportunistic gambit is cause for alarm.”
Keelan: My apple pie purchase will now be taxed
I took the liberty of seeing what impact the change in the sales tax base would have on my household. There would be a $450 net annual increase if the base were to include haircuts, home heating fuel, lawn and snow services, plumbing and electrical repairs, and even my favorite apple pie.
Roper: EAI Town Meeting week poll results
During the Town Meeting Week break for the legislature, the Ethan Allen Institute commissioned a scientific poll (450 respondents) to gage where Vermonters are on some of the key issues under consideration.
In pivotal ruling, U.S. Supreme Court removes barrier to protecting First Amendment
The case is a significant win for the First Amendment and protection of religious speech on the campus of a public college. It portends more thoughtful administration of speech policies on campuses.
John Klar: Why I won’t be taking the COVID vaccine
If COVID becomes more virulent, and eager human guinea-pigs have demonstrated this novel vaccine is safe and actually works, I may line up for shots. I’m not anti-vax, just pro-Constitution.
McClaughry: The ‘thermal energy efficiency’ tax is coming
After the push for the carbon tax fizzled out in 2018, the climate change game turned to enacting a carbon tax by disguising it as something else. The latest version is called “the Thermal Energy Efficiency Charge,” and Sen. Chris Bray has become its most ardent promoter.
Matt Krauss: An open letter to VPR/Vermont PBS board members
Dear VPR/Vermont PBS board members, I listen to VPR and watch Vermont PBS and want this merger to be successful. A few changes might help meet that goal.
Steve Cairns: A new, unintended consequence of the 24-year-old Act 60
As a result of these arbitrary exclusions, we can confidently state that household income as a measurement of ability to pay is a joke. It is clearly not.
Dead or alive: Which bills have already made crossover?
We are less than a week away from the crossover deadline in the Legislature. This is the drop-dead point where a bill must be voted out of one legislative body in order to be considered by the other.
GoVT prez: New version of S.30 has criminal punishment for carrying gun inside a hospital
The new version of S.30 strikes all the previous wording and establishes a single new criminal punishment for carrying a gun inside a hospital.
Letter: Claims of cleaning up the environment overshadow downsides of this transition
We are witnessing corporate America and Big Green Energy flooding social media and legacy news with advertisements pushing the virtues of transitioning to battery operated transportation. The external costs of this Green New Deal are being largely ignored.