Legislative leaders, others, respond to Scott budget proposals
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Gov Scott vetoes rental registry bill over concerns it would reduce housing
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by House Minority Leader Pattie McCoy (R-Poultney) Being first sometimes means coming in last. Vermont has sure had a lot of firsts over the years the first state to abolish slavery; the first state to allow civil unions for same-sex couples; the first state to allow the importation of lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada; and so on. These are good firsts. But not all firsts are created equally.
A bill before the Vermont Legislature, S.79, would make Vermont the first state in the nation to have a statewide, government-run, centralized registry of all privately owned homes being rented out. This unnecessary expansion of government into your lives would cost the state over a million dollars each year but don t worry, because proponents want to pay for that by levying a new fee on as many as 80,000 Vermont homeowners, in the midst of our economic recovery. Brilliant, right?
Quick Read By Gareth Henderson Correspondent
In most states in America, an elected lawmaker doesn’t do a full-time job and isn’t paid for it, either. That fact can be a barrier to seeking office. But in Vermont, for the first time, women hold the four top posts in its legislature. Some of their proposals would help both would-be politicians and ordinary caregivers of children and older adults.
“We need more flexibility in the workplace and more recognition that women often have two jobs: taking care of the family and being at work,” says former Gov. Madeleine Kunin. She acknowledges that some things haven’t changed since she became Vermont’s first (and so far only) female governor in 1985. For example, Vermont is the only state that has never sent a woman to Congress.