Protecting our highway workers
No one likes to be watched or ticketed by anyone, let alone cameras. But with this tool available and proven, is it responsible to our essential highway workers to do nothing?
The "Art of Humor" isn't trivial
With all that's difficult, I feel it's more important than ever that we cultivate laughter and celebrate what's working!
Update on yesterday's education remarks
I hate letting anyone down. But I did that yesterday with residents disappointed in my education remarks, and I want to address it.
Our schools, in six minutes (today's testimony)
With a third of Vermont school budgets voted down this March, and some of them now voted down multiple times, voters across Vermont are expressing alarm about tax hikes around 20% in some districts. There's a narrative out there that those voters are "sending Montpelier a message."
Governor Scott’s shoes aren’t laced
The Governor has discretion to execute the laws we pass, but how did we get this?
New podcast: Blindness doesn't define a person.
I released the first episode of the Quill Nook Experience... let me check... one year and 364 days ago. Whoa.
"The way that they profit is to deny care"
In this very hectic time, I want to share something special that happened last week. I voted "Yes" on an important bill, passed in time to cross over to the Senate, to help Vermonters get the medical care they need in a timely way.
My 0% CPAC score, and Phil Scott's churn problem
Newsflash: in my first ever legislative rating by Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), I scored 0%.
Honoring four-legged veterans - March 13, 2024
I'm excited for this Wednesday. I invite you to join me and the Vermont Legislature in celebrating March 13, 2024 as National K9 Veterans Day in Vermont.
Why don’t Vermonters want to work for Phil Scott?
The question stopped me in my tracks. Surely Rep. Toleno was being hyperbolic, making a political dig on America’s Most Popular Governor®.
Rep. Roberts Town Meeting Report
Here's a report about what I've been working on. Prefer a hard copy? I'll have a handout version of this tomorrow, and I'm also happy to mail you one, anywhere on Earth or low-Earth orbit.
How do you feel about public safety in 2024?
"Another teen arrested for murder in Vermont" said the headline that a neighbor forwarded me.
inflation hits the State budget
Today's newsletter is three-in-one. First Town Meeting logistics, then a report from Montpelier, and I'll wrap up with a little fun from the Senate side of the Legislature.
Where’s the vision in Phil Scott’s 2025 budget?
Throw Scott a big problem, like COVID. We’re all clear on the mission. He takes charge. The public votes him victory laps. Throw Scott the ten thousand more mundane, intractable problems throughout his own administration’s delivery of services? It’s the Legislature and the public getting the run-around.
"What can a legislator do?" and other middle school questions
Today was a special day in the State House. With Montpelier two-plus hours away from the Windham-6 legislative district, I was proud to be able to meet with four student leaders representing Twin Valley Middle High School.
What we saw at Half Moon Pond (an invitation)
Did you know that Vermont State Parks will turn 100 years old this February 15, 2024?
Raise your hand if you’re grossly overpaid
My first thought about it as a legislator was that when you have a captive audience that is bound to serve and you're grossly underpaying them, that's a bad idea.
Muphry's Law Meets Montpliers
Here are three issues before the Vermont Legislature today in which, when it comes to fixing past laws, there is reason to wonder if we even know which way is up.
Becky’s bill for beagle biscuits
One bill I'm proud to co-sponsor this year to address that is H.709: An act relating to creating the Office of Entrepreneurship and other programs pertaining to entrepreneurs.