Opinion: Scott blew it on education

“I admit to having voted for Phil Scott in the past. But not this time!”

“Let’s be clear — this was a bipartisan tax relief effort that had broad support.”

“Since taking office, property taxes have risen nearly 50%, and Ruth has supported many of those increases.”

“The Governor’s claim that such tax relief is due to the presence of more Republican legislators is inaccurate at best”

“Over the next two-plus months, Janoo has a herculean task of getting her name known to tens of thousands more Vermont voters.”

“The only way the ‘it got worse’ math works is if weaker protection for Vermonters is the goal.”

“Governing by veto puts far too much power in the hands of a single official and discounts the work of hundreds of others.”

Peter Conlon has served as the representative for the Addison-2 district in the Vermont House since 2017.

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“Amanda has the knowledge and skills that we need in Vermont right now. “

“Amanda has the plan, the expertise and the experience to lead a well-being economy and fix what is broken in Vermont.”

“Vermont voters and taxpayers will have the final say, and they don’t have enough information yet to make that decision.”

“The (weightier discussion) is going to be the voluntary mergers.” — Wendy Baker

Gov. Scott blames others, but he’s the guy with the full-time paycheck and the one person authorized to mobilize the state’s workforce to tackle the big issues.

“I didn’t get everything I wanted, and neither did you. But that’s the way compromise works.” — Gov. Phil Scott