By Leo Pond Republicans in both the House and the Senate have spoken out against the impeachment inquiry. Republicans in both chambers are doing everything in their power to prevent the impeachment inquiry from making any “groundbreaking” discoveries. These Republicans […]
Category: Opinion
Op - Ed, Opinion
Transparency is part of government’s job
By Jay Diaz “The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them,” said Patrick Henry. The Vermont Supreme Court recently affirmed that government officials cannot require […]
Letter, Opinion
School boards are unchecked
Dear Editor, In an editorial, published Oct. 24, titled “Let small schools prove themselves” Angelo Lynn writes: “Surely, when the idea of consolidated governance was conceived in Act 46, no one imagined district boards would rule like kings.” That is […]
Letter, Opinion
Why does health care cost so much?
Dear Editor, Why are American health care costs so high? Experts offer up an extensive menu of explanations, which other experts dispute. The answer is a lot simpler than they make it. To paraphrase James Carville, “It’s the administrative costs, […]
Op - Ed, Opinion
Beat the dead horse harder
National standardized test scores drop By William J. Mathis The latest round of flagellation of dead horse flesh has been provoked by the release of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores. After 20 years of overall progress, many […]
Op - Ed, Opinion
Hunting dogs: Finding a solution won’t be easy
By Angelo Lynn The story of two hikers and their small dog being attacked by a pack of hunting hound dogs while hiking in the Green Mountain National Forest near the Goshen-Ripton border is as shocking as it is frightening. […]
Opinion
Thanks to Killington voters
Dear Editor, I would like to thank the over 300 people who came out to vote on March 5. With fewer than 60 people at the informational meeting the night before I was concerned about voter turn-out. Thank you to […]
Opinion
Thank you to each Killington voter
Dear Editor, I would like to take the time to thank each and every one of the 313 voters in Killington (we had a total of 314 who come out and voted, myself included) who came out and voted on […]
Opinion
Thank you, Poultney voters
Dear Editor, We, the SVA Board of Directors, wish to thank the voters of Poultney for approving a tax exemption for Stone Valley Arts at Fox Hill. As promised, we will invest these tax savings directly into the rehabilitation and […]
Op - Ed, Opinion
Money alone won’t solve Vermont’s child care problem
By Rebecca Holcombe Vermont now spends tens of millions more dollars on child care and prekindergarten markets than it did only three or four years ago. Yet, a Joint Fiscal Office study recently found Vermont now has about 1,693 fewer […]