Burlington – Granite Grok

Frustration and Exhaustion Shared at Public Meeting with Burlington Police

July 21, 2024

by Steve MacDonald

The Burlington Police Department and the public met at City Hall on Thursday afternoon to share information and solutions regarding how to curb increased crimes in The Queen City. Both the public and the understaffed department shared exasperation as well as hope that things could improve. Much of the meeting was Police Chief Jon Murad … Read more

Who’s Banning Books Now?

June 20, 2024

by Rob Roper

The legislature passed just this year S.220 – An act relating to Vermont’s public libraries. The ostensible need for the law was summed up by the WCAX headline, “Vermont Senate advances bill to discourage book banning.” This was, in great part, a reaction by our legislators to parents around the country objecting to highly sexualized materials … Read more

If Burlington Thinks It Voted for Change, It is In for an Unpleasant Surprise!

April 6, 2024

by Steve MacDonald

Retiring Burlington, Vermont, Mayor Miro Weinberger is, by all sane accounts, left-wing, as was his anointed replacement Joan Shannon; in anywhere but Burlington, they are far-left Democrats. So when the city elected a “progressive” last week, well, guess what?

Burlington Crime Up 23% This Year

March 6, 2024

by Op-Ed

The February Burlington Police Chief’s Report is out, and though only two months into the year already, the data is continuing to trend upward.

The report states, “Incidents in 2024 are up 23% compared to 2023. BPD is addressing more incidents than in years with 50% fewer patrol officers.

Hisham Awartani, Kinnan Abdalhamid and Tahseen Ahmed – American-Arab Antidiscrimination Committee photo

The Guy Who Shot Three “Palestinian” Students in Burlington … Was Pro Hamas!

February 3, 2024

by Steve MacDonald

We were quick like a bunny back in November when news broke that three Palestinian “students” had been shot in Burlington, Vermont. It became a national story when Biden, Harris, and even the jilted Bernie Sanders (twice left at the Presidential Primary Altar by the DNC) milked the attack for Mic time.

Bananas: CBS Newest “Survivor: Burlington”

January 21, 2024

by Johnny Bananas (Fake News Reporter!)

The Emmy Award-winning television show Survivor will be headed to the Green Mountain state to film their latest installment, “Survivor: Burlington,” this month. Airing its forty-second series since it debuted in 2000. The producers were looking for a location that could provide a unique set of challenges not yet faced by previous contestants.

Someone in #Woke Burlington Shot Three “Palestinians” Over the Weekend [Updated]

November 27, 2023November 27, 2023

by Steve MacDonald

Three Middle-Eastern students visiting a family member of one of the three in Burlington, Vermont, were shot over the weekend. “The students, all age 20, were identified by their former school as Hisham Awartani, Kinnan Abdel Hamid, and Tahseen Ahliamed.”

Change in Burlington: Replace Male Marxist Mayor with Female Marxist Mayor

November 26, 2023

by Steve MacDonald

There is one thing you can count on from Democrat voters in places like Burlington, Vermont. No matter how bad it gets, they’ll believe some other Democrat can make it better (the same way they claim their socialism will work ‘this time).

The Blight of Democrat Rule Continues to Take It’s Toll on Burlington, Vermont

July 16, 2024November 11, 2023

by Steve MacDonald

If Vermont is the poster child for Democrat decline, Burlington is the picture at its center. It is by far Vermont’s largest municipality and, again -and perhaps then some – its greatest cistern of liberal policy, making its decline, while sad, easy to predict.

Hey, Burlington, VT: Prostitution was “Legal” in Rhode Island for 29 Years – It DID NOT Go Well For the “Sex Workers”

August 16, 2023

by Steve MacDonald

People who profit from prostitution are typically its boosters. They call it sex work, describe it as a right, and dress it up as a noble calling. That sounds great, but what legalized sex work actually looks like is slavery, trafficking, and sexual assault.

Vermont Looks for a Way to Bribe People Into less Reliable Transportation

July 16, 2024August 1, 2023

by Steve MacDonald

Electric vehicles are not better for the environment, regardless of the electricity source. EVs do not solve any emissions problem, may make them worse, are also unreliable and ill-suited to a rural-urban climate, but Burlington, Vermont, is thinking, bribes!

Burlington VT Mayor and City Council Want More Cops But Will They Have Their Back – And Why Would They?

January 7, 2023January 7, 2023

by Steve MacDonald

If you looked through the haze and smoke from all those peaceful protests back in 2020, you saw some things. The Democrat Cop haters running Burlington, Vermont, for example, defunded the city police force. Before that, they had 92 sworn officers. Today, they are down to sixty-three, twenty-two of whom are on actual patrol. Why yes, crime is up.

Some Vermonters Are More Equal Than Others

November 27, 2022November 26, 2022

by Steve MacDonald

Burlington Vermont. Just two words and you know where we are headed. Wingnut-moonbat-progressivism. And what have they done this time? To use public land reserved for gardening, you must swear a loyalty oath to their Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion gods.

Defund-The Police Sanctuary City Has to Pay State Troopers Overtime to Patrol Downtown

October 8, 2022

by Steve MacDonald

After basking in the fiery glow of BLM Summer, the geniuses running the city of Burlington, Vermont, defunded their police force. The 30% budget cut had two immediate effects. Crime rose, and they had trouble hiring police officers. But they’ve decided on a temporary solution.

Burlington Police Chief Lacks Manpower to Investigate Murder Suicide Because BLM-Appeasing City Council Defunded Them

July 28, 2022

by Steve MacDonald

We’ve been charting the Democrat decline of Burlington, Vermont, for a few years, and it is swirling the bowl as predicted. Property crime has been rising, and now gun crime is becoming a problem, but the local PD lacks resources. Can you guess why?

How to Be an Anti-Racist in Vermont

March 6, 2022

by Op-Ed

The topic of anti-racism is a hot one in Vermont, and why shouldn’t it be? Since racism is now an inbred feature to whiteness, Vermont is officially the most racist state in the U.S. after those Maniacal racists at our eastern border.

Burlington Vermont Voters ‘Legalize’ Prostitution

March 4, 2022March 3, 2022

by Steve MacDonald

At least two decades before Libertarains created the Free State Project and chose New Hampshire as their target state, dirty left-wing hippies were invading Vermont.

2021: New Hampshire Ranked Safest State in America Again, While Vermont Begins Liberal Slide…

October 16, 2021

by Steve MacDonald

Using the latest available FBI crime data HomeSnacks.com has once again named New Hampshire the safest state. It’s not unfamiliar territory. The Granite State finds itself in the top three in most of these surveys, but something has changed.

Auschwitz Photo by Karsten Winegeart on Unsplash

Keep a Close Eye on the (National) Socialists Running Burlington Vermont…

October 11, 2021September 14, 2021

by Steve MacDonald

In the early part of the last century, National Socialists across Europe promoted the boycott of Jewish businesses. Why? According to the propaganda, atrocities in Palestine. Wait, you say to yourself, that sounds oh so very familiar.