Geoff Battista

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There’s no such thing as a free lunch, kid. #vermont

Honestly, the types of people who throw their weight around in municipal affairs aren’t worth volunteers’ time.

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Over the past year, we’ve ramped up fact-checking, refocused on Vermont and prioritized quality over quantity. Now help us recruit new writers to share their views on the key issues facing the state.

Imagine being the Republican-coded candidate but also taking flak from the police union

DOT’s Plan to Distribute Funding by Birth and Marriage Rates Would Leave Communities Most In Need Behind If enacted, the new US Department of Transportation memo would prioritize funding to whiter, higher-income, more car-dependent areas over communities of color and people who walk, bike, or take public...

The US DOT says it's planning to prioritize areas with high marriage & high birth rates for funding.

Our new analysis @urbaninstitute.bsky.social shows this would disproportionately fund:
—Communities with a higher white resident share
—Low-density areas
—High-income areas
—Car-dependent areas

New picture book:

I’ll be real: none of the Montpelier protest photos appear to show more than a couple hundred people.

Defunding universal school meals is stupid. I skipped lunches as a child because I didn’t want to be seen using the subsidized meal ticket. Why impose that on today’s subsidized lunch kids? So a high-income homeowner can cut a quarter percent of their property tax rate?

Noticeable dearth of clapping by Prog-affiliated senators. More clapping!

Phil Scott quotes Carl Icahn. Okay. Sure.

The Old Gods of Vermont have the chance to do the funniest thing right now. ☄️ 💥

Licorice is good.

Let’s Build Homes is Let’s Grow Kids-coded. #vtpoli

Build baby build.

Bellini, former VSEA president, suddenly wants government to think about taxpayers and cut personnel costs…

Got his, I suppose.

So proud of the great work happening in Minneapolis, which shows that boosting housing supply helps make homes more affordable.