Emerson Lynn
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Guest editorial: Legislature’s nonsensical education reform plans should be dropped
The impending 17 percent increase in property taxes has our elected leaders on the political edge, thinking they are about to be tarred by the taxpayers’ brush and…
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Guest editorial: Vt.’s ‘gold standard’ on PCBs has school leaders terrified
If the State of Vermont accepted the Environmental Protection Agency’s standard for airborne polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs], Burlington would not be on the hook for a $190 million rebuild…
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Guest editorial: DCF loses 30 out of 30 appeal cases; where’s the outrage?
That’s not just astounding, it’s proof positive that the system is broken, that it needs changing.
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Guest editorial: The peril of OneCare’s failure
Last week the regulators made a point of asking OneCare’s leadership if it could justify its $15 million budget request. It could not. Not satisfactorily.
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Guest editorial: A chink in Balint’s campaign
Becca Balint, a Democratic candidate for Vermont’s U.S. House seat, acts as if the rules do not apply to her. That should raise questions about the integrity of…
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Guest editorial: Finally, solid research on TIFs
Tucked into H.159, a bill focused on community and economic development, is a provision that would create a pilot program for “project-based” tax increment financing opportunities.
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Guest editorial: Legislature resists kicking pension plan down the road
The Legislature has before it — at long last — a proposal to address the solvency of the state’s pension system. There is nothing in the proposal for…
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Guest editorial: Small price for big value — free tuition at CCV
Sen. Ruth Hardy, D-Addison, has introduced a bill to create a Community College Scholarship Program that would provide tuition-free scholarships for Vermont residents attending CCV. It would, from…