Email Blast Sent to Supporters on September 26, 2017. Subscribe!

Happy Fall! 

We hope you had a great summer - but Fall is here! (despite temperatures approaching 90). Color is creeping into the northern reaches of the Kingdom, and Oktoberfest took over the Burlington waterfront this weekend.  As summer fades to fall we wanted to take a moment to update you on a couple of important issues, and as always, please feel free to reach out with your questions and comments.

GUESTS:  Kristin Chandler, Team Two Coordinator and

Chief Tony Facos, Montpelier PD

                          TOPIC: Improving Responses to People in Mental Health Crisis

Pat McDonald and Ben Kinsley are co-hosts of the show “Vote for Vermont.” They have covered Vermont’s mental health crisis in several shows in the past few months.  In a recent show, Mary Moulton, Executive Director of Washington County Mental Health Services, and members of her staff spoke highly about a new program called Team Two. 

Originally posted by Vermont Energy Partnership on July 10, 2017

If a picture is worth a thousand words, how many words are two videos worth?

Those who attended the past two NDCAP meetings may recall the excellent presentations delivered by NorthStar CEO Scott State and AREVA representative Frederick Bailly on NorthStar’s plan to decommission Vermont Yankee and on their respective firms’ expertise in deconstruction and decommissioning.

During Mr. State’s presentation on May 25, he showed the audience a video of several previous projects NorthStar has completed over the past several years. This video can be viewed at the link below:

The following is a letter sent by CFV follower Megs Keir to her legislators regarding Governor Scott's statewide teacher health care contract proposal. Opinion's expressed are those of Megs', however we believed they were important to share.

TO:
Rep. Tom Stevens
Rep. Theresa Wood
Sen. Clair Ayer
Sen. Chris Bray

CC:
Sen. Michael Sirotkin
Sen. Virginia Lyons
Sen. Timothy Ashe (Senate Pro Tempore)
Rep. Mitzi Johnson (Speaker of the House)

Tom, Theresa, Clair, and Chris, 

First day of Summer and you're back in the Statehouse!

Please consider my points of view on the issue of teacher health insurance.

VOTE FOR VERMONT

GUEST:  Robin Chestnut-Tangerman, Leader of the House Progressive Party

TOPIC:  Looking Back at the 2017 Session  

Pat McDonald and Ben Kinsley are co-hosts of the show “Vote For Vermont.” On a recent show  Ben took a solo run at hosting with guest Robin Chestnut-Tangerman, the leader of the House Progressive Party. Robin was on the show in February and provided a list of Progressive priorities for the 2017-18 legislative session. The priorities were: interested in human rights, where all Vermonters live a quality life with dignity of work and wellbeing; a livable wage; affordable and accessible health care; and affordable child care. The primary question Ben asked Robin was “How did you do this year in meeting your priorities?”

Email Blast Sent to Supporters on June 27, 2017. Subscribe!

Friends,

Help us reach our fundraising goal to support our work to reduce the property tax burden on Vermonters. 

Vermont is well-positioned to meet increasing demand for access to American education systems:

• International applications for U.S. student visas have increased 300% since 2008.
• Vermont's public school system has the capacity to meet this demand (having lost 20,000 students since 1998).
• Small classroom sizes and good educational outcomes that would be attractive to these students.
• Three public high schools in Vermont are already doing this!

Email Blast Sent to Supporters on June 25, 2017. Subscribe!

Friends,

Campaign for Vermont has been fighting for YOU in Montpelier; fighting for an accountable and transparent government, a sustainable state budget, and an affordable quality of life. While the legislature has finally listened to warnings about the growth in state spending, property taxes are still out of control.

GUEST:  Matt Cota, Vermont Fuel Dealers Association
TOPIC:  Carbon Tax

Pat McDonald and Ben Kinsley are co-hosts of the show “Vote for Vermont.” On a recent show  Ben and Pat interviewed Matt Cota, the Executive Director of the Vermont Fuel Dealers Association.  The topic for the show was carbon tax.

Email Blast Sent to Supporters on June 21, 2017. Subscribe!

Friends, 

Today the Legislature returns to Montpelier for a two-day budget veto session. Lawmakers have just nine days to pass a budget or state government shuts down. Unlike many states, Vermont does not have a system that continues operating on the previous budget. In Vermont it is a constitutional requirement that no money can be spent without the Legislature’s approval. This puts pressure on budget negotiations over Governor Scott’s $26 million teacher health care savings plan.