Gerrymanders breed extreme partisans. If a district is “safe” for either the Ds or the Rs, then whoever wins the primary in the district wins the general election. The primary, in effect, becomes the election.
A Vermont high school recently banned a young girl from sporting events for allegedly chanting “Let’s Go Brandon!” at a basketball game. The school claims the phrase is “profane” and may be prohibited under the student handbook’s command to “respect all people, their feelings, their possessions, and their right to an education.”
The New Hampshire legislature has passed HB1178, a bill prohibiting “the state from enforcing any federal statute, regulation, or Presidential Executive Order that restricts or regulates the right of the people to keep and bear arms.”
California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, via executive order, is dictating what Vermont vehicle consumers can and cannot buy — if we go along. We don’t have to.
So long as Superintendent Millington condemns Vermont students as racists for resisting his clearly illegal conduct, the conflagration in Randolph will fester and grow. Perhaps parents must bring the matter to court to restore order and law.
Article 22 will affect parent’s rights and education. We are already seeing a trend by the public school system to attempt to groom our children and evict their parents from school board and other related meetings. Article 22 will open the doors for these efforts to be expanded and become law.
Unless and until universal school choice is legislated, the current disagreements voiced throughout the state will be the standard fair — guaranteed.
There is no simple “the science” according to which a leader can govern. There is no one type of expert who can make overall policy from the narrow perch of his or her expertise (sorry, Dr. Fauci).
President Joe Biden offered an excellent example of an unforced error when last month when he announced formation of a Disinformation Governance Board, and dispatched Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to build support for it.
The legislative session was generally helpful to independent school interests. A bill to provide free school meals to publicly-funded students in the coming school year has passed, along with funding in support of a program adopted last year to test all Vermont schools for PCB contamination.
A Vermont superintendent came down hard on students who allegedly committed the unpardonable offense of chanting “Let’s Go Brandon!” at a sporting event. If they did not agree to counseling, accused students were banned from all sporting events.
Wonder why it is so difficult to find young workers in Vermont? Please stick with me and follow what might be the major reasons for the shortage of workers.