Gov. Phil Scott’s plan to eliminate an $18.5 million program that provides free meals would hurt kids and have little impact on tax rates, opponents say. Gov. Phil Scott’s proposal to eliminate an $18.5 million program that provides free meals to schoolchildren would hurt kids without providing much in the way of property tax relief, … Continue reading Vermont Democrats Rally to Save Universal School Meals

Property Tax Relief    “I can’t afford to live here” and “It’s not worth it” is what I often hear when talking about property taxes.  And it is one of the main reasons I ran for office - to find a better, more sustainable way to pay for public education.     The bulk of most … Continue reading Property Tax Relief: By Rep Charlie Kimbell

E-Newsletter from your Windsor District Senate Delegation - January 2025 A short quick update on the work of Sen. Alison Clarkson, Sen. Joe Major, and Sen. Becca White as they serve the Windsor County District communities Press Release on Start of Session| January 21, 2025 On January 8th, 2025, the Senate Chambers was filled with … Continue reading E-Newsletter from your Windsor District Senate Delegation – January 2025

Al Alessi November 21, 2023 If you read last week’s entry, and you’re now convinced that you must get involved in this rapidly approaching election (November 5 2024!), let me share with you a primer on how party politics is designed to work in an actual grassroots democracy. At this point we are still a … Continue reading THE FIVE LEVELS OF GRASS ROOTS DEMOCRACY IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Al Alessi - November 15th, 2023 Some of the comments on our Windsor County Democratic listserv following the heavily-indicted former President's visit to Claremont last Saturday, made it quite clear that we are NOT just a different partisan group from the MAGAs. They are very different. Unreasonable. Unable to reason, or listen, or engage with … Continue reading 2024 Is Your Year To Get Involved

It's never easy. Especially in a democratic system of government, whether it is working on all cyclinders or a royal mess. Democracy is "government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral … Continue reading Explaining Politics

I shared this recently on Facebook: This is not Trump's flag. It is not the MAGA flag. It is the flag of these United States. It is the flag of all the people, by the people and for the people. It is the flag of the Rule of Law, under which we are all equal. … Continue reading Our Flag

We had an excellent meeting at historic Damon Hall last night despite the hint of freezing mist. We are Vermont tough! It was also great having our State Party Chair, Terje Anderson, down all the way from somewhere close to the Vermont-Quebec border. He took us all the way through the steps of how we … Continue reading Report off our January 11th Meeting

We are in an interesting time, for sure, and as the old Chinese adage goes "May you not live in interesting times", or something like that. All our decisions are tougher, many worry about their future, and we feel surrounded by false information. As always some historical perspective can help. A comment from Ursula LeGuin … Continue reading The Best of Times, the Worst of Times