She’s Right Archives: Vermont Politics
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5 August 2008
Crime and Punishment
One of Vermont’s biggest stories this year was the death of Brooke Bennett and the revelation that the alleged perpetrator of this heinous crime, Michael Jacques, was the poster boy for the success of Vermont’s sex offender treatment program.
The Burlington Free Press ran a front page story entitled Jacques: ‘Success story’ or ‘threat’? Seven […]
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4 August 2008
This week’s Focus on Vermont will be posted later today.
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31 May 2008
Stop Stealing Our Votes
There was an article in the Burlington Free Press yesterday about Progressive gubernatorial candidate Anthony Pollina and the spoiler argument, the claim that his presence in the governor’s race siphons votes away from the Democratic candidate, handing victory to the Republican.
Recently, there has been a growing call by Democrats in the state for the legislature […]
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29 May 2008
E-state Live Blogging at Candleblog
Just a quick note: Bill Simmon is live-blogging the Snelling Center for Government’s day-long symposium: Fulfilling Vermont’s E-state Potential: Building Community in a Connected Age.
Check it out at Candleblog.
In other really cool blogging news, I am posting this from outside in my yard! How cool is that? I love being wireless.
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21 May 2008
VT Sales Tax Holiday
Confused about the Vermont Sales Tax Holiday?
It doesn’t take a degree in economics to figure it out, but it sure helps.
Art Woolf, associate economics professor at UVM and Vermont Tiger contributor, offers a primer on Vermont’s sales tax holiday to help answer some of your questions.
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7 May 2008
In Vermont Politics…
Show of hands, please. Who did not see this coming?
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6 May 2008
Heh.
On the same day that a post appeared on Vermont Daily Briefing stating that Rich Tarrant “now spends his days in a gated community down Florida way, looking for the sunscreen and thinking about what might have been,” Vermont Tiger has a guest column penned by none other than Rich Tarrant himself.
Apparently, Mr. Tarrant has […]
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26 April 2008
In Vermont Politics…
Rumor has it that Peter Shumlin will not run for Lieutenant Governor. I wonder if it has anything to do with the revelation that he’s not ready for prime time.
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25 March 2008
Does Vermont Need a 4-Year Term?
In recent years, there has been a discussion about extending the terms of state-wide office holders from 2 years to 4.
Vermont is one of only two states with a 2-year term for governor.
I oppose a 4-year term simply because it will give the state government a longer period of time to get things done, a […]
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14 March 2008
Pollina’s Vermont
Progressive Anthony Pollina announced that he is running for governor, kicking off the campaign that he has been talking about for months.
In his speech, he contrasted his Vermont with the Vermont of Republican Governor Jim Douglas.
His is a bad place to do business, a place where young people and the well-to-do want to leave, where […]
