HeyJaredBehind the Lines: Rob Roper on Vermont Politics
Rob Roper is a freelance writer who has been involved with Vermont politics and policy for over twenty years.
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Which Scott v. Janoo Poll to Believe? (If Either. Or Both.) (opens the original)
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Follow BTL on Facebook, on TwitterX, and on YouTubeTwo 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 shoc
Not So Moderate Molly Gray (opens the original)
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Follow BTL on Facebook, on TwitterX, and on YouTubeDemocrat 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
Passing Prop 3 Will Make Vermont Less Affordable (opens the original)
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Follow BTL on Facebook, on TwitterX, and on YouTubeThe proposed Constitutional Amendment, Proposal 3, that Vermonters will vote on this election began its journey in 2023 as part of the Democrat Supermajority’s radical, all-you-can-pass smorgasbord of policy-payoffs-to-special-interests agenda, along with the Clean Heat Standard, Renewable Energy Standard, the new pre-k
The Housing Crisis: It’s the Regulations, Stupid (opens the original)
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Follow BTL on Facebook, on TwitterX, and on YouTubePretty much everybody in Vermont politics says that housing, or rather the lack of it, is THE major problem at the root of so many other problems our state is facing. Young people are leaving because they can’t find housing. Businesses can’t hire because employees can’t find housing. The rent is too damn hig
Want to keep people in Vermont? Lower the Freakin’ Taxes! (opens the original)
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Follow BTL on Facebook, on TwitterX, and on YouTubeA few months back the University of New Hampshire ran a poll showing that 86 percent of Vermonters found the state to be unaffordable and 64 percent of prime working age folks 18-34 were actively planning to leave. Last week the <a href="https://fiscalalliancefou
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