I also stopped voting for Phil Scott for Governor in the past election for his total lack of support in revamping the antiquated and hunter/ trapper driven Fish and Wildlife Department.
Oh, do not get me started on Fish and Wildlife Dept.! I had friends visiting from the UK and I told them some places they could go whilst I was busy. They took their lunch down to the CT. River and sat on a bench to eat their sandwiches. A Fish & Wildlife power guy made them put their sandwiches away and leave the area because they were not utilizing anything that demonstrate they paid into the Fish & Wildlife tax base. I was furious that tourists to VT were treated that way. Our local rep and I tried to work with the Dept. and it was just a nonsensical bureaucracy. They definitely need revamping. They argue they are only paid by fishing and boating taxes. And who the heck do they think pays taxes in Vermont? They said it is their property and they want to keep vagrants out and partiers.
It needs to be revamped. We are creating a new Town Plan and this one access to the larger river needs to be part of our right to enjoy the beauty of the river when having a sandwich. It is really embarrassing and inhuman. Like a having a freaking little waterside nazi. Sorry, you hit one of my nerves!
How about the legal massacre of coyotes 24/7/365 where the are left to rot. Bear Hounding. Trapping. All controlled by a Board made up of hunters and trappers. Vt at its worst
I am not familiar with any of that. We have been trying to educate the community on the importance of beavers to our ecosystems in creating habitats for so many creatures, for birds in the wetlands and for slowing down flood waters as well as cleaning town water by natural filtration as the water has time to seep through the sands. There are still those who want to trap or kill these magnificent creatures who will even take in a homeless muskrat. We have a lot to learn from those who do not mind hard work for the benefit and well-being of others. I am not sure they are conscious of it, but they are driven to follow some intrinsic, good impulse. We have learned to adapt our road in order to accommodate them with beaver-proof culverts in strategic places. And many people and animals enjoy the beaver pond and wetlands provided.
I have already written to him, not to berate his party affiliation, but to suggest that he work with the legislature to explore the possibility of replacing Vermont's Sales Tax, Statewide Property Tax for Education, and Income Tax, with a Value-Added Tax on all goods and services transactions subject to the state's taxing jurisdiction. Something more along those lines would be more constructive than threatening him with your displeasure.
Interesting. But wouldn't that be "regressive" in terms of hurting the working poor more proportionately than the affluent? And wouldn't that require multiple levels of a new bureaucracy? Not sure.
Also, I am a huge fan of funding education on a statewide basis. The current zip code funding schools in MA creates enormous inequities.
We used to fund schools here in Oregon with a property tax. I had students in the library crying because it did not pass and so no school. Now the state funds it and tries to make it more equitable. Still there are lots of problems.
Those are ideas I would have to ponder the impact for all Vermonters... And nothing wrong with providing him with ideas AND that fact they his party is a terrorist party. And though I voted for him in the past, the radicalization of his party is now a proven, hostile danger to the well-being of our republic. We can do better.
Lest you are unaware, in Vermont the State rebates or covers portions of citizensтАЩ property/ education tax based on an income formula. It is extremely helpful for the property rich cash poor elderly etc.
I am going to write to my VT governor, who has been really good, and let him know, it is time for him to leave the party if he wants votes.
I also stopped voting for Phil Scott for Governor in the past election for his total lack of support in revamping the antiquated and hunter/ trapper driven Fish and Wildlife Department.
Oh, do not get me started on Fish and Wildlife Dept.! I had friends visiting from the UK and I told them some places they could go whilst I was busy. They took their lunch down to the CT. River and sat on a bench to eat their sandwiches. A Fish & Wildlife power guy made them put their sandwiches away and leave the area because they were not utilizing anything that demonstrate they paid into the Fish & Wildlife tax base. I was furious that tourists to VT were treated that way. Our local rep and I tried to work with the Dept. and it was just a nonsensical bureaucracy. They definitely need revamping. They argue they are only paid by fishing and boating taxes. And who the heck do they think pays taxes in Vermont? They said it is their property and they want to keep vagrants out and partiers.
It needs to be revamped. We are creating a new Town Plan and this one access to the larger river needs to be part of our right to enjoy the beauty of the river when having a sandwich. It is really embarrassing and inhuman. Like a having a freaking little waterside nazi. Sorry, you hit one of my nerves!
How about the legal massacre of coyotes 24/7/365 where the are left to rot. Bear Hounding. Trapping. All controlled by a Board made up of hunters and trappers. Vt at its worst
I am not familiar with any of that. We have been trying to educate the community on the importance of beavers to our ecosystems in creating habitats for so many creatures, for birds in the wetlands and for slowing down flood waters as well as cleaning town water by natural filtration as the water has time to seep through the sands. There are still those who want to trap or kill these magnificent creatures who will even take in a homeless muskrat. We have a lot to learn from those who do not mind hard work for the benefit and well-being of others. I am not sure they are conscious of it, but they are driven to follow some intrinsic, good impulse. We have learned to adapt our road in order to accommodate them with beaver-proof culverts in strategic places. And many people and animals enjoy the beaver pond and wetlands provided.
I have already written to him, not to berate his party affiliation, but to suggest that he work with the legislature to explore the possibility of replacing Vermont's Sales Tax, Statewide Property Tax for Education, and Income Tax, with a Value-Added Tax on all goods and services transactions subject to the state's taxing jurisdiction. Something more along those lines would be more constructive than threatening him with your displeasure.
Interesting. But wouldn't that be "regressive" in terms of hurting the working poor more proportionately than the affluent? And wouldn't that require multiple levels of a new bureaucracy? Not sure.
Also, I am a huge fan of funding education on a statewide basis. The current zip code funding schools in MA creates enormous inequities.
We used to fund schools here in Oregon with a property tax. I had students in the library crying because it did not pass and so no school. Now the state funds it and tries to make it more equitable. Still there are lots of problems.
Totally agree
Those are ideas I would have to ponder the impact for all Vermonters... And nothing wrong with providing him with ideas AND that fact they his party is a terrorist party. And though I voted for him in the past, the radicalization of his party is now a proven, hostile danger to the well-being of our republic. We can do better.
Lest you are unaware, in Vermont the State rebates or covers portions of citizensтАЩ property/ education tax based on an income formula. It is extremely helpful for the property rich cash poor elderly etc.
Yes, and this tax bill has rebates for low income families.