Vermont House GOP Caucus: Letting 16-year-olds vote ‘politically expedient’ for Democrats
“Apparently, Vermont Democrats only feel young voters are mature enough to make informed decisions when it might be politically expedient.”
John Klar: Hunting rights on the block in devious constitutional railroading
The logic being used to ram several anti-hunting bills through the Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee would suffice to ban all hunting rights of all kinds, and allow a small minority of partisan influencers to essentially erase state and federal constitutional guarantees.
Meg Hansen: ‘Vermont is not a colony of California’
In response to California’s executive order, a new multi-state coalition — represented by the Ethan Allen Institute in Vermont — has formed to raise awareness about these California-derived regulations and the ICE ban that will negatively impact most of New England.
McClaughry: That big climate rally — opposing the clean heat standard?
What was interesting was that some of the climate warriors present weren’t too keen on what has become the centerpiece of the Climate Action Plan, the “clean heat standard.”
Roll Call: House makes some logging land eligible for conservation
H.697, an act relating to eligibility of reserve forestland for enrollment in the Use Value Appraisal Program, passed in the State House of Representatives on February 25, 2022, by a vote of 83-43.
Ericka Redic: Progressive-Democrat policies have failed Ukraine
Whether it’s the security of sovereign borders, the security of the 2nd Amendment rights to bear arms, or the security of energy, it is the “ideology” of these Progressive-Democrat birds that doesn’t fly. It flails. It fails.
Lynn Edmunds: How to know when zoning regulation goes to far
Regional Planning Commissions are acting as power brokers devoted to promoting contractual agreements of self-regulation with local planning and zoning acceptance from your community. Perhaps you should know the price for this service is tendered with the currency of liberty.
Strong: Can Prop 5 grant autonomous right over something decided by two people?
Let’s say the mother of an unborn child wishes to have an abortion, but the father wants the child to be born. Who has the right to “personal reproductive autonomy,” the mother or the father?
McClaughry: John Kerry focuses on climate during Ukraine crisis
That may be a little harsh, but John Kerry is, in my view, a high-ranking climate nitwit.
VISA update: New religious school tuition case filed, vaccination incentive program funds to be maintained
The Burlington Catholic Diocese and two families with children attending Mount St. Joseph Academy in Rutland have filed a federal lawsuit against AOE Secretary French, and the Superintendent and School Directors of the Barstow School District seeking access to public tuition funds.
VTGOP making effort to get more women serving in State House
Democrats have built an entire non-profit to support women who want to run for office — it’s time that Republicans started supporting their women in measurable ways too.
Sunshine Week 2022: Government transparency is the key to restoring public trust
Government transparency, through open meetings and public records access, ensures ‘we the people’ have the tools necessary to verify our government officials are acting in our best interests, and to hold them accountable if we believe they are not.