Op-eds, commentary and letters from Vermont voices. The views are the authors', not FYIVT's.
Can Rutland County's Agricultural Society & The Vermont State Fair survive Vermont's 3 Acre Rule? The arbitrary nature of being placed on a list for sacrifice because of a 3 Acre Criteria is troubling. Especially when it s
H.461- An act relating to expanding employee access to unpaid leave passed both the House and Senate, its fate now in the hands of Governor Scott. Having failed to pass a taxpayer funded paid family leave program, lawmakers pivoted to this
Good evening Rutland, At the conclusion of todays recreation committee meeting (4/28/2025) I offered the following motion; “Motion to recommend to the mayor the reconsideration of Kim Peters as Rutland City’s Recreation Superintendent
It’s not the governor’s fault your ridiculous plans are collapsing. Senator Anne Watson (D-Washington), chair of the Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee and Kool Aid filled climate change religionist, recently penned an op-ed
This Wednesday, 30 April 2025 marks 100 Days of Opportunities as President Trump is back in the White House with his VP, JD Vance and his Administration working to fix America for every American after the four desasterous years of the Biden
Vermont’s Attorney General, Charity Clark, is back at it, jumping on a 19-state lawsuit against President Trump’s March 25, 2025, Executive Order(EO), “Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections”. It’s her ninth crack at
Vermonters for Vermont Initiative, a statewide educational platform will host a press event on “Parents' Rights in Education” on Wednesday, 9 April 2025, starting at 12 noon to 1pm in the Cedar Creek Room at the Vermont State Capitol State
Are progressive policies creating homeless, or attracting them? Governor Scott and the House and Senate Democrat majorities are at loggerheads over the motel voucher program that pays to put up homeless in, well, motel rooms. The governo
It’s been asked a lot lately with budgetary challenges running up against a lack of tax capacity, and the backdrop of DOGE findings of government waste at the federal level, “Do our elected representatives ever go back and evaluate the prog
Vermont is known for its progressive policies and innovative ideas, but the state faces a significant challenge: funding its $8.6 billion state budget efficiently and equitably. The current tax structure—comprising of income, property, payr
What I witnessed yesterday in Warren with Vice President JD Vance and his Family's visit to Vermont is totally sick and disgusting and should be highly concerning to every Vermonter and American. These protesters are uninformed agitators
The plan is to stall, hope the voters forget, and bring the fuel tax on line in the future. When Vermont voters threw out a historic number of Democrats in the November 2024 elections, including the chair of the Senate Natural Resources
