Scott outlines ‘disciplined’ $9.4 billion budget

The budget Gov. Scott proposed to state lawmakers is about 3% larger than the current year.

Last year, Phil Scott took the lead on education reform and he spent his address on Wednesday championing that reform. But he tells a partial story.

Gov. Phil Scott on Wednesday urged Vermont lawmakers to move forward with the next stages of the sweeping education reform project they started last year.

Phil Scott represents all Vermonters, and he has an obligation to stand up to corruption, and to protect your state from illegal and threatening behavior — by anyone.

Gov. Phil Scott has asked county Democrats for additional names to consider for filling an Addison-4 House vacancy.

The July 1 sunset of the state’s motel voucher program has sent more than 300 vulnerable Vermont households into uncertain housing situations, and leaders at Addison County’s two homeless shelters are noting a corresponding uptick in demand.

Governor Phil Scott is far too quiet when it comes to disavowing the values of his party. Unlike Republicans at the federal level, he says he believes in due process for all — something so obvious it should not even need to be said.

Dear Governor Scott, t’s long overdue for you to take a stand for Vermonters against the illegal and unconstitutional actions of the 47th president and his administration.

This week, Phil Scott finally sided with a majority of Americans when he expressed caution (not outrage, but at least caution) that the president was straying into dangerous waters by revoking citizenship rights without due process.

I was at the Hands-Off rally in Montpelier on Saturday. It was an amazing display of solidarity and showed the determination we need to oppose what’s going on in our nation’s capital.

His most recent veto is of the midyear spending bill, which passed with bipartisan support. He appears to be specifically targeting the extension of the motel voucher program’s winter rules. A policy he called controversial.

Governor Phil Scott still can’t find the time to publicly speak out about what is happening federally but can take the time to post about what’s really hurting Vermonters, Comcast no longer including the MLB in their basic coverage.

Before Vermonters label Gov. Scott heartless for denying “children, pregnant women, disabled Vermonters, veterans, and those fleeing domestic violence” from the motel voucher program set to expire on April 1, voters should consider the Governor’s position … (read more)

Dear Gov. Scott, after reading your letter in the Opinion section of VT Digger — where you refer to “… quality … equity … efficiency … savings…” as being the foundational characteristics of your new “bold” restructuring of public education in Vermont, I h … (read more)

Any faith I had in Gov. Scott has been destroyed by his actions regarding education in Vermont.