This commentary is by state Rep. Charles Wilson. He is a resident of Lyndon and the House member for the Caledonia-2 district.
The brightest spot by far in my experience in the Legislature is to know that most of the Republican Party are resisting the supermajority in this Legislature. At least 72% or more of Vermont’s voters are Democrats or Progressives that pass emotional, short-sighted legislation from California to Burlington then onto Montpelier.
Rep. Charles Wilson
It is obvious that California has nothing in common with Vermont. California has a huge carbon footprint so why are we following them? Vermont’s carbon footprint is 1/10 of 1% so do we truly have a problem here? The GWSA is a hoax bill that was passed in Vermont by mostly Democrats and Progressives as we cannot “save the whole world.”
On Friday as I left the State House building in Montpelier, there were hundreds of school children chanting on the front steps “fossil fuels must go!” This collective chant has been taught to them by our schools and reeks of propaganda. The truth in this, is that fossil fuels are used to mine and transport lithium, iron phosphate, nickel, cobalt, aluminum oxide, nickel manganese, cobalt oxide, and graphite all used in the production of batteries to be used in electric vehicles. Strip mining ruins the earth, and in the name of “saving the planet” salesmen and investors are the ones getting rich.
California has a massive homeless problem. Massive. There is no solution for this and in Vermont we are now seeing illegals and refugees (“New Americans”) pouring through our northern borders. The legislature wants to build housing and shelter them, give health benefits, food, and transportation/licenses. How will we afford all this?
All this legislation is happening strategically, slowly, and easily with a change of words. Our Constitutional Republic is now a Democracy which does not protect individual or property rights, and “equity” and “equality” are not the same word. The current supermajority rules and it is all about programs and committees, out-of-state agendas, and a huge growing bureaucracy. Who really stands to benefit? The very few elites.
H.338 (now in the House General committee) seeks to give state employees and their union officials the power to hold our government hostage by strikes as we are witnessing now in Europe.
S.3, a knowingly unconstitutional plan to prohibit paramilitary training in camps, even though there are none in Vermont, has passed the Legislature and awaits Gov. Scott’s decision.
S.5, the Affordable Heat Act is widely opposed by our citizens, but it will probably pass anyway. This bill leads us to believe that “affordable” but mandated greenhouse gas reductions through efficiency, weatherization measures and carbon credit manipulations will not be a huge expense to taxpayers…but it will be, especially to our seniors and lower income workers.
Last week the House removed the checkback provision added to S.5 by the Senate earlier this year, when citizens demanded the Legislature review and vote on the actual plan devised by unelected state officials. S.5 is now in the House Appropriations Committee.
H.89 and S.37, the so-called shield laws for abortion and transgender service providers, would punish healthcare providers from saving the unborn and our future children. S.37
H.148, passed by the Legislature Friday, raises the age of eligibility to marry to age 18 – yet rights to voting, abortions and transgender counseling without parental knowledge or permission care are being granted by the same Legislature.
H. 513 – a bright spot. This bill would prevent athletes who are born male, but have transgendered to “female”, from competing on girls’ teams which could endanger young women by potential harm. Sponsored by Rep. Art Peterson and co-sponsored by me and others, it’s now in the House Education Committee.
It is noted that many are speaking against me. Again, I say, the right and proper thing to do is to speak to me personally. My phone and email are easily available. Representative Charles Wilson – Caledonia-3, cwilson@leg.state.vt.us, 802-730-6564.
Hawkeye: “Do not try to understand them. Yes, and, do not try to make them understand you. That is because they are a breed apart and make no sense”.
There are no Republicans.
There are no Democrats.
Only Progressives and PATRIOTS.
And of course The Uni-Party.
The “legal-ness” of a law is not the most important factor in deciding whether the law is moral or not. Especially when those who pass such legislation ignore the State and Federal Constitutions while doing so. They are running amok. The abhorrent things Nazis did in Europe were perfectly legal according to the laws passed in Germany. Legal but not moral. “If it’s legal it’s moral” has been proven time and again to be a false narrative. That is exactly what is going on here. The attorneys in the Statehouse are telling legislators “It’s legal” when they question certain laws being proposed, especially in the areas dealing with social issues like “reproductive liberty” (abortion etc.) and the whole transgender area. They have then been intimidated into voting for immoral legislation. A number of our “Republican” legislators have abandoned the folks who elected them because they are intimidated by the media and the liberals who run the Statehouse. Or they are very ill-informed and do not understand what they are voting for. We cannot depend on our Republican legislators to stick together. Do people understand that some of what is being proposed and passed in Montpelier violates the Nuremberg Code???
Perfectly stated.
Longish quote from a great Op-Ed over weekend…wokeness is evil:
“Wokeness destroys everything it infects (witness: Vermont). The moment you accept that your company (re: VT gov’t) should prioritize skin color or sex, or some other such irrelevant nonsense, in hiring employees, you must accept that more qualified candidates will often be turned away in order to hire less qualified employees. Less qualified employees are more likely to perform badly and make bad business decisions ….this has led to the culturally phenomenon of “diversity hires,” which are underqualified individuals hired primarily for their value as members of a socially protected “victim” class….The Bud Light brand is permanently damaged, and will never be what it once was, because this thing has proven to have more legs than they could have ever imagined. America is faced with a simple choice- either we make the business of America business again (re: make VT focus only on fiscally important State needs, not Woke-Enviro-DEI), or we continue down this woke spiral- into decline and ruin….(VTGON)
You got that right !