How many times in the past few years have we heard leaders say that some action was taken or not taken out of “an overabundance of caution.” This usually means that a politician is willing to impose an unknown cost on a large number of people in order to escape the risk that he or she will be blamed for doing nothing.
It does nothing to lower emissions (if that’s supposed to matter), hurts us, and enriches our enemies for less than nothing.
Vermonters must come together on the math and find ways to fund realistic promises to our public servants, who are torn in a tug of war between bureaucrats and taxpayers. We must find nonpartisan solutions before this crisis becomes intractable.
Every time a murderer makes their way in to the school, the next day Democrats are on TV to belittle the moment for “thoughts and prayers” and whip out whatever gun control legislation they have on the shelf. If we don’t offer real solutions, we are going to be stuck in this playback loop.
The universal meals program was established as a pilot to provide cost and participation to the legislature so it can consider establishing a permanent program. Scott also signed S.139 which requires the Agency of Education to create a “nondiscriminatory school branding policy.”
General Edson’s family of 55 troopers in 1947 is today a family of 333. “Grandpa Edson” would be proud of what he started, and so are all Vermonters who depend each day and night on the service of the Vermont State Police.
Misrepresenting what the draft says is incredibly dishonest and inflammatory. The draft’s stated decision does not make abortion illegal; it says that it isn’t up to judges to decide but rather elected legislators in each state.
The New Hampshire Executive Council last week approved a request from the state Department of Safety to spend about $720,000 to provide grants to nearly 30 police agencies seeking to use the new technology.
It occurred to me that if people living along Lake Champlain can cope with a six foot change in the high water mark every year, and the folks on the Maine coast can deal with a six foot change in the high water mark every 12 hours, why are we worrying about a two-foot rise sea level in 80 years?
China needn’t invade Taiwan to bring America to its knees — simply reducing urea and other existing Chinese exports is already wreaking havoc. Agricultural fertilizer prices have nearly doubled in the past year, and shrinking supplies of Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) now threaten America’s transportation system.
It is a simple fact of human existence: People or property that is important or cherished is protected (quite often) with firearms. When more protection is warranted, you add more security, probably armed.
If driving or heating homes is essential to homes and businesses in Vermont (or anywhere else), the only sensible thing to do is to ignore John McCormick, Louise Diamond, and their Committee to Protect Next Generations.