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Vermonters are sharing stories of receiving ballots for the dead and gone. During COVID, Vermont started mailing absentee ballots to every voter on the statewide checklist (exceptions for those formally challenged) for general elections automatically and without request. The problem with this (well, one of the many problems) – as has been pointed out repeatedly … Read more
This week, on Right Side Up, Alison and Mike talk about Bloomberg, money and climate policy activists from other states, nuclear energy, and “balance” in the Statehouse. Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel if the Embedded Video does not load. Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, … Read more
The Vermont Climate Council – you remember that costly yet useless body of unelected (mostly) nut-jobs established by the Global Warming Solutions Act to come up with plans to tank our economy in a half-assed kamikaze mission to “save the planet” – met on October 5th to discuss some polling data. It did not, at … Read more
Burlington Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak will sign an executive order Wednesday, October 14, addressing how the city will implement a new Vermont law prohibiting civil immigration arrests at schools, churches, health care facilities, and other designated sensitive locations. The mayor has scheduled a 9:30 AM press conference at the First Unitarian Universalist Society of Burlington, 152 … Read more
This week on Right Side Up, Alison and Mike discuss the Rural Vermont Rising rally at the Statehouse and the policy differences in this election. Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel if the Embedded Video does not load. Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its … Read more
Because the answer would scare the you-know-what out of voters. Vermont Republicans have a concrete, transparent plan for what they’ll do if they re-take the state senate this November. It’s called Vermont Promise, and you can read all about it on its dedicated website and learn even more on the Vermont Senate Republicans’ Facebook page. … Read more
Trantifa is gonna be pissed. Vermont is naming a section of I-91 “to honor fallen Border Patrol agent David Chris Maland.” The one shot and killed by the Zizian lunatic Theresa Youngblut. The Vermont Police Association filed the petition to dedicate the highway in Maland’s honor back in July. In a statement on social media, … Read more
The Really Ugly Side of the “Second Home” Tax The recent poll by Vermont Public showed – sadly, but not surprisingly – that a majority of Vermonters (57 percent) support taxing owners of second homes more heavily in our state. This has been a topic of conversation under the Golden Dome for at least the … Read more
This week, on Right Side Up, Alison and Mike discuss Climate legislation at the Supreme Court, Education and Vermont’s school ratings, and the apparent attraction to socialism. Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel if the Embedded Video does not load. Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, … Read more
A former Vermont lieutenant governor seeking to regain her seat is taking heat from both ends of the political spectrum after she apparently answered hot-button policy questions with different answers to different audiences. Democrat candidate Molly Gray leads Republican incumbent John Rodgers in the race for lieutenant governor in the November 3 general election, according … Read more
If you’re not sure which way to vote in November, we’ve provided plenty of proof that Democrats destroy everything they touch. But if you need another example, local business leaders in Burlington, Vermont, wrote a letter to Gov. Phil Scott. It seems they’re unhappy with what voting for progressives has done to them. Burlington is, … Read more
Woodstock, Vermont, is a hotbed of anti-gay hate crimes. Actually, it’s not. But someone spray-painted a “Gay slur” on retired Police Chief Joe Swanson’s mailbox. Joe is married to Nicholas “Nico” Seldon. The “Chief” was also involved in a demotion kerfuffle that required judicial intervention. The case is not, however, being investigated as simple vandalism … Read more
Surveys and polls are great, not because they’re low-hanging fruit, but because (despite the punditry class, blogosphere, and podcastistan leaning on them to make a point), they tend to be wrong. Not just wrong as in results – political polls are close enough for government work- I mean wrong as in the questions themselves. That’s … Read more
A New York man wanted on a Vermont charge of lewd and lascivious conduct with a child was arrested at the Canadian border last week, Vermont State Police said. Ryan Ouimet, 28, of Averill Park, New York, was taken into custody by U.S. Border Patrol at the New York-Canada border at about 6 PM Sept. … Read more
This week, on Right Side Up, Alison and Mike are joined by Wendy Wilton. Executive Director, Vermont Farm Service Agency. Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel if the Embedded Video does not load. Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. … Read more
Two polls were released within the last week: one by the University of New Hampshire (The Green Mountain State Poll), and more recently one by Vermont Public (yes, I caved and used the new dumb name). The former caused shock waves by concluding that the far-left activist Amanda Janoo is beating America’s most popular governor … Read more
Political candidates, both incumbents and hopefuls, are lining up in opposition to Attorney General Charity Clark’s decision to charge the ‘Williston 13’ anti-ICE protesters with trespassing. The protesters pleaded innocent in Vermont Superior Court last week to trespass during a July protest at the ICE National Criminal Analysis and Targeting Center in Williston. Clark said … Read more
Scores 100% on the Democratic Socialist Party policy questionnaire Democrat Lieutenant Governor Candidate Molly Gray is out on the campaign trail projecting herself as some sort of moderate and a champion of rural Vermont. But, as highlighted in a recent interview on WVMT’s Morning Drive, Gray responded to the Green Mountain Democratic Socialists of America … Read more
This week, on Right Side Up, Alison and I discuss our attendance at the Tunbridge Fair, farm and agricultural culture, small businesses and regulations, the “Species of Greatest Conservation Need” op-ed, and Prop 3. Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel if the Embedded Video does not load. Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own and … Read more
Before any Vermonters vote on a constitutional amendment that makes it impossible to avoid the corrosive cultural rot of union power, check this out. The National Education Association Vermont chapter also asserts that the state’s public school teachers must acknowledge the nation’s “white supremacy culture” as responsible for “white privilege” that is “conferred irrespective of … Read more