In 2016, our Irasburg farm was visited by a Vermont Agency of Agriculture agent who informed me it was illegal for me to sell halves of beef. I decided to fight what was obviously an unconstitutional attempt to restrict small farms from centuries of practice, in ways that would hurt our businesses (especially on-farm slaughterers and custom … Read more
This week…more politics in your neighborhood including Town Meeting, local elections, a possible repeal of the tax on social security and regressive energy policy. Please like, follow, or subscribe to The ‘Grok on Rumble and YouTube and check for Replays of Granite State Live, GrokTALK! and Right Side Up, or follow these links to their podcast pages. Our … Read more
This week, on Friday at Four, we discuss misbehavin’ Dems at the joint Session of Congress, Vermont’s rising crime problem, more on the anti-Vance protests, Ukraine, and other news from the past week in Vermont. Please like, follow, or subscribe to The ‘Grok on Rumble and YouTube and check for Replays of Granite State Live, GrokTALK! and Right Side … Read more
For years now, Vermont’s public schools have been used as an experimental testing ground for the indoctrination of children with “theories” that eclipsed learning of core learning in math, reading, writing, and other subjects. Queer theory, race theory, Social Emotional Learning, and other speculative (partisan) policies were launched against Vermont’s children by school administrations unaccountable … Read more
No doubt the defund the police movement has been devastating for Burlington and other communities throughout Vermont, as our once safest-in-the-nation state has seen an unprecedented and undesirable rise in crime. But while “Defund the Police!” has gotten all the headlines and protest placards (cue Law & Order theme music), “In the criminal justice system, … Read more
When Vermont voters threw out a historic number of Democrats in the November 2024 elections, including the chair of the Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee chair, breaking the supermajorities in both chambers of the legislature, a very big reason was the Clean Heat Standard. That was a signal that nobody apart from the special … Read more
Human trafficking is illegal in all 57 US States (right, Barry Obama?), but in recent years, this illegal practice has escalated, and human sex trafficking is rampant despite its illegality. The State of Vermont is proposing two nearly identical pieces of legislation that would make prostitution “not illegal” while pretending they are also protecting sex … Read more
Some several hundred art students and trust fund babies lined the streets of Warren, Vermont this past weekend armed with hand drawn signs and musical instruments designed to raise heck in protest of the nation’s Vice President J.D. Vance attempting to take his family on a ski trip to nearby Sugarbush Ski Resort. The crowd … Read more
This Week on Right Side Up: another look at Vice President Vance’s visit to Vermont (and how poorly he and his family were treated) and more slow-rolling bills in the state legislature. Please like, follow, or subscribe to The ‘Grok on Rumble and YouTube and check for Replays of Granite State Live, GrokTALK! and Right Side Up, or follow … Read more
Governor Scott’s plan for education reform does some things right, and others unnecessarily very wrong. What’s right? The move to a foundation-based funding formula and the primary focus on cost savings being the elimination of supervisory union level of bureaucracy. In no way shape or form do we need 52 supervisory unions governing 109 school … Read more
This week on VDCTV its a special episode and an update on Vice President JD Vance’s visit to Vermont. Please like, follow, or subscribe to The ‘Grok on Rumble and YouTube and check for Replays of Granite State Live, GrokTALK! and Right Side Up, or follow these links to their podcast pages. Our Current Local Podcast Lineup ( … Read more
When it comes to the unaffordable climate change policies being pushed on Vermonters by the Democrat majority in the State House, the Clean Heat Standard for the home heating sector has received all the attention for the past couple of years, but heat only represents about 40 percent of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions. The … Read more
There was a miscommunication on our end. RSU did have an episode this week; we just didn’t get it in time to publish on schedule. This Week: “We discuss numerous bills that don’t address Vermont’s problems and bid farewell to Bill.” Please like, follow, or subscribe to The ‘Grok on Rumble and YouTube and check for Replays of Granite … Read more
This week on VDCTV, Trump’s Threat on Transgender Sports, the Muzzle Law, and why is this the Slowest legislative Session Ever. . Please like, follow, or subscribe to The ‘Grok on Rumble and YouTube and check for Replays of Granite State Live, GrokTALK! and Right Side Up, or follow these links to their podcast pages. Granite State Live New … Read more
What do the impending, across-the-board Trump administration and Congressional cuts to federal education, energy, and human services mean to Vermont? Ask this question to legislators and advocates in the State House and the response is like a Greek chorus chanting, ‘We don’t know, we don’t know, we don’t know.’ (Whether the play is a comedy … Read more
Vermont Democrats passed the Global Warming Solutions Act in 2020 over the veto of Governor Scott and the Republican legislative minority. That law mandates strict targets and timelines for greenhouse gas reduction set at 26% below 2005 levels by 2025, 40% below 1990 levels by 2030 and 80% below 1990 levels by 2050. And, so … Read more
You can tell a lot about where people get their “NEWS,” by the narratives people regurgitate. Phil Scott, the ‘Republican’ Governor of Vermont, was asked if he’d consider a DOGE-like forensic inspection of Vermont. Here’s his response. Scott doesn’t think giving anyone “unfettered access” to state data is a good idea. And, it’s not on … Read more
Rep. Kathleen James (D-Manchester) chairs the House Energy & Digital Infrastructure Committee. She was appointed to that post by Speaker of the House Jill Krowinski (D-Burlington). Krowinski also assigned multiple bills that would repeal controversial, unaffordable, climate laws, such as the Clean Heat Standard (H.16), the Global Warming Solutions Act, and the Clean Car mandates … Read more
This week, Mike and Dylan talk about hunting bills in the legislature, land use, Housing, affordability, saving farms and farmers, drugs, prostitution, and more. . Please like, follow, or subscribe to The ‘Grok on Rumble and YouTube and check for Replays of Granite State Live, GrokTALK! and Right Side Up, or follow these links to their podcast pages.
Zoie Saunders serves as Vermont’s Secretary of Education, appointed by Governor Phil Scott. Before this role, she was the Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer for Broward County Public Schools in Florida. Saunders has a background in educational leadership, having worked with Charter Schools USA as well. Her appointment in Vermont was relatively contentious, initially rejected … Read more