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Non-profit seeking government transparency and accountability releases Chittenden County public safety poll.

Burlington, Vermont – Campaign for Vermont Prosperity (CFV) today released the results of a sweeping public safety poll of 512 likely Chittenden County voters. The survey sheds light on how Vermonters from across the political spectrum feel about the state of public safety in their communities. The findings reveal a county that feels markedly less safe and is demanding stronger accountability from its leaders.

Chittenden County Public Safety Poll

Chittenden County • All Voters • May 2026

Comprehensive survey of 512 likely voters reveals deep concerns about safety, crime, drug offenses, and accountability in Vermont's most populous county.

The legislative session came to a conclusion on Friday night, but that is not the only thing coming to an end. I'll be stepping down as President of Campaign for Vermont.

The 2026 legislative session reached its conclusion this week, and the slate of bills that emerged in its final days paints a complicated picture. After months of competing visions and the ever-present shadow of a gubernatorial veto, the final days produced a set of interlocking conference reports that together represent a consequential education policy, a modestly disciplined budget, targeted property tax relief, and a new chapter for transportation finance. But the week also delivered reminders that sometimes ambition reaches too far, as the Governor's veto of the data center bill was sustained on the House floor.

Let's bring this in for a landing.

Changes started happening rapidly this week as the bulk of the work moved out of committee and onto the House and Senate floors. Nearly every major policy thread of the 2026 session is now being actively reconciled between chambers, and the outcomes of those negotiations will determine whether this session produces durable reform or elegant placeholders. Those negotiations also include the Governor in some instances, such as education reform efforts which were unveiled last night.

Reference-based hospital pricing cleared critical procedural hurdles and is now positioned to become law this session. The property tax yield bill conference committee dug into the mechanics of excess spending exemptions and a one-year renter credit expansion (and the fiscal analysts started raising red flags). The Act 250 conference committee finalized guardrails for accessory on-farm businesses while preserving the road rule repeal. Career technical education reform advanced with unanimous support. And on the Senate floor, a sweeping portfolio of bills moved through final readings, including a permanent ban on crypto kiosks, manufactured housing modernization, and the formal repeal of the Clean Heat Standard's dormant statutory language.

Let's jump in.

Dear Chair Mihaly and Members of the House Committee on General and Housing,

I am writing on behalf of Campaign for Vermont Prosperity to respectfully urge this Committee to insist on the reinstatement of the Off-Site Construction Accelerator pilot program as the House considers the Senate's proposed amendments to H.775.

This week has that stretch of the session where the clock forces decisions. Senate Education and Senate Finance continued to wrestle with the most consequential education bill of the session, House Ways & Means dove deep into the mechanics of property tax yields and the excess spending adjustment that will shape education finance for years to come, and multiple committees advanced housing production tools while grappling with whether Vermont's housing targets are built on solid ground.

Meanwhile, the House quietly concurred on a chronic absenteeism bill that represents a genuine shift in how Vermont approaches school attendance policy, and S.325 (the Act 181 fix) is headed to a conference committee that will determine the future of Act 250 jurisdiction.

Let's dig in.

Let’s pause for a second and look at 50 years of Act 250 from the perspective of a Vermont professional civil engineer, and Act 250 Land Use Consultant. I did my first land use project in 1973.

The first question, what went wrong in the first 50 years? My opinion, Act 250 killed housing and precluded most of Vermont from having a chance for a vibrant economy.