Mastodawn

I am cautiously optimistic about Amanda Janoo running for #VTGovernor, but as I've already said, I want to see concrete policy proposals, not vague ideations.

#VTDems need to wake up to the new realities of our nation and the challenges we actually face as a state in it.

#GunControl is a non-starter, so ban it from your vocabulary. We need #LandValueTax and #PublicBanking, first and foremost. We need #urbanism and #redevelopment.

#Vermont #VT #VTpol #VTpoli

https://www.sevendaysvt.com/news/amanda-janoo-announces-bid-for-vermont-governor/

Amanda Janoo Announces Bid for Vermont Governor

She is the first Democrat to step forward to challenge Gov. Phil Scott this year.

Seven Days

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Gemma Seymour Jan 25

Bernie Sanders' current term is up in Jan 2031, if he doesn't retire before then. He is currently the second-oldest Senator, after Republican Chuck Grassley of Iowa.

He has supposedly said that this term "likely be his last term" in the Senate. So, #VTDems have less than 4 years to figure out who they are going to back to replace Becca Balint in DC and/or Phil Scott in Montp. Election Day 2030 will be here faster than you realize, assuming we still have elections, of course. #VTpol

DoomsdaysCW Apr 18, 2025

HT @nek

"More Americans getting abducted & trafficked, by the Terror State today. This is another one of my neighbors made gone. Poof."

https://vtdigger.org/2025/04/17/u-s-revokes-a-lawful-international-students-visa-at-middlebury-college/

#4A #abductions #americansAbducted #americansTrafficked #studentsAbducted #studentsTrafficked #dueProcess #Vermont #VT #VTdems #vtdigger #MiddleburyCollege #IllegalDeportations #ICERaids

US revokes a lawful international student’s visa at Middlebury College

From Stanford to Harvard, more than 1,000 international students across 160 colleges have had their visas or legal status revoked since March, according to the Associated Press.

VTDigger

Gemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🎐Nov 30, 2024

#Vermont saw a 14% increase in property taxes in 2024, and will see probably another double-digit increase in 2025.

The Dem/Prog supermajority has been broken, but #VTDems need to held accountable. Taxing Vermonters like we have New Jersey's economy, especially after enacting the disastrous "Affordable Heat Act" is the road to ruin.

#VT can't afford rural sprawl and needs to consolidate. VT needs #LandValueTax as the #SingleTax. #LVT #Urbanism is the way. #VTpol

https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2024-11-27/lawmakers-to-get-key-look-at-property-tax-situation-in-vermont

Vermont property taxes could again climb by double digits

Next week, the Department of Taxes will issue a highly anticipated letter that will give lawmakers, school boards and the public their first look at how much property taxes are expected to rise next year.

Vermont Public