The Vermont Legislature will be back for a special session next month to deal with the state budget.
In the meantime, certain members of the legislature would be well served to read the WSJ piece, Soak the Rich, Lose the Rich.
As the title implies, the column focuses on the consequences for states that solve their budget [...]
I do not have video of the homeschoolers day at the State House. I was not feeling well, so I did not make it down there. I read that there were over 300 homeschooling parents and children in attendence. Go homeschoolers!
Who would have thought that it would be the same-sex marriage proponents that would be the ones to make me rethink my tacit approval of legalizing the practice?
I just have to say, first, I hate this issue. I wish it would just go away – and it would, if the left didn’t want to keep [...]
Same-sex marriage is the hot topic in Vermont this week. The legislature held a hearing on the issue and a bill was passed unanimously in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The full senate votes on Monday.
I woke up thinking about a post on this topic, but life called me away from the blog today. As it [...]
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The other day, I blogged about a proposal to cut the Home Study Office in Vermont and shift the oversight of homeschoolers to the local school districts.
The latest word from Education Commissioner Armando Vilaseca is that the change would require the approval of the legislature (since the proceedure for homeschooling is dictated by a very [...]
The State of Vermont is looking to cut positions in the state government to save money. That’s great. In fact, it should be done yearly. Every agency should be required to find positions that could be cut, in order to keep the government lean.
That’s what we do. Well, we don’t cut positions in our family, [...]
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I spent the day yesterday at the Vermont Tiger symposium. It was a great event that brought together representatives from all sectors involved in re-shaping the Vermont economy for the future, along with people who have experience getting things done in their own neck of the woods. This is the kind of thing that could [...]
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I am going to be spending the day at the economic symposium sponsored by Vermont Tiger today. Check out the list of speakers and panelists (PDF).
I will not have my laptop with me, but I will be sure to fill you in later.
I will send updates to Twitter via cell phone. I’m @shesright, if you [...]
Vermont Tiger is having another symposium. This time, the theme is, “Compete or Retreat : Surviving and Prospering in the Global Economy“.
I have no idea why it took me so long to post this. I have been looking forward to it for two weeks now.
Why should you care? I have two words for you [...]
You can imagine my surprise when I opened my feed reader this morning to find that the Seven Days staff blog, Blurt, had posted that Peter Freyne has passed away.
Whether they loved him or hated him, Vermont political junkies of all kinds read Inside Track, his political column in Seven Days, religiously to get the [...]
