I see. The barge canal is north of the parkway, then? ( As far as I am able to tell)

Isn't there a problem with toxic waste on the proposed site?

My experience with UVMMC billing is that every time you pay a bill, they send another. It's as if their billing department thinks, "Aha! We got a live one here". But if you wait a long time, they are more likely to accept a payment and just go away.

At least, that has worked for me.

>443 attend out-of-state schools

According to the article

"When buying and selling is controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators."

I am continually amazed at the gullibility of the politically active, on both sides of the political spectrum.

The Balint campaign clearly was able to identify the source of the funds - yes, it "could have happened" some other way. But it didn't. I would posit that 99% of politicians are crooked, starting with the "slightly bent" at the local level, and rising up to "twisted like a pretzel" DC politicians. Balint is no different: she, like all successful politicians, wants to win. At all costs. Pay any price. Compromise any principles. "I don't think of it as selling out, I prefer Buying In."

By DC standards, normal politicians (and their staffers) are those that can be bought - corrupt politicians can only be rented.

I read it. It seems to me that the Victory Fund spent money, but the $26,000 was contributed by mostly un-named individuals including Bankman-Fried. If you have a different interpretation, I'm all ears.

Something stinks here, but that is to be expected when dealing with politicians, as far as I can tell. I don't know why I keep getting surprised and disappointed.

All I can do is continue to vote against every incumbent in every election. Except Bernie. I like Bernie.

I may be mistaken, but isn't there a limit on donations from an individual, like under $3,000? And even then, aren't the donors required to identify themselves and their employer?

I might want to discover why someone - a criminal, as you say, although I didn't know that at the time - is handing me $26k. Nobody hands out that kind of money in Vermont just for fun.

This amuses me. I remember in the late1960s how the most recent arrivals - including the hippies, and weren't they fun to watch - told all of us natives how we had better "stop this development or we will lose what makes Vermont special". Or, as my father put it, "Now that I'm here, close the door". Nothing has changed there. We still get new arrivals, living in new developments, saying the same old thing.

As far as economic development goes, the dynamic of young Vermonters leaving to find work has been going on for decades, probably for centuries. My father, and most of my 8 uncles, all left the state for jobs in their 20s. None of them wanted to stay on the dairy farm. "Too much work for too little money". I left, too, and it took me decades before I could return, taking a massive income cut to do so. When I myself was hiring, I got resumes from way over qualified applicants from out of state for most positions. (No, I rarely hired them. They had a habit of moving up and immediately starting to look for another job.)

Do I have a solution? Of course not. I am just exercising my God-given Vermonters right of complaining, by jeezum crow.

There's a reason world class skiers come to the north east for college, and it is indeed because this is where you learn to handle ice. The west is too soft and easy, with all that wimpy powder and such.

I'm glad you own the land, but that is no guarantee you will be able to build on it. Most towns, and certainly the state, have restrictions or conditions on what you can build and where.

I suggest calling the town planning/zoning person and asking for guidance. It can be a minefield. (I heard about a man in Chittenden County who built a house with a corner in a wetland. He was forced to tear it down and restore the area. Vermont does not screw around.)

Have you had the land perc'd successfully? Have you jumped through all the town's planning and zoning hoops?

Not naked. Never naked, that would be too exploitative.

I remember it well. Partly because my brother and I had to shovel the driveway and the walks. Several times. Gives you a different perspective on Winter Wonderland.

Most did. One was totaled in an accident.

My young nieces and nephews have bought 4 or 5 between them and have been pleased. The cars run, have only the normal stuff that goes wrong, and pass inspection. Good quality for the money, we're not talking luxury here.

Your mileage may vary, of course.

I'd wonder if it is really fake maple syrup as well.

7th Day Adventists, right? Did they blanket all of New England, or just Vermont?

Either way, it is some much needed revenue (with little or no increase in expense)] for our beleaguered postal system!

Well, wonder why we would...

I agree with the last two, but how does Bernie think we can end OPEC?