The Yellowjacket’s Nest
As Town Meeting Day approaches, if the media are talking about elections anywhere, they’re probably talking about school budgets across the state and the Burlington City Council. However, I think the strongest contender for the most interesting municipal elections this March is just three exits up the Interstate from the Queen City in Milton, home…
Déjà Vu
Allow me to set the scene. Two candidates are running in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor. The favorite to win of the two candidates is a veteran of Vermont’s political scene who has amassed an army of endorsements from the Democratic legislative caucus with impressive regional and ideological diversity, the other candidate is relative…
BTV’s Ward 8: The Only Game in Town
The Queen City, which usually provides political junkies with some of Town Meeting Day’s spiciest elections, is gearing up to serve us a real snoozer – with one exception. Burlington’s only contested City Council race will be in Ward 8, which covers most of UVM’s campus and a slice of Downtown between Pearl Street, Maple…
Welcome, Justice Mayonnaise!
Earlier today, Governor Phil Scott announced the appointment of two new Supreme Court justices to replace retiring Justices Karen Carroll and William Cohen. Carroll and Cohen were both Scott appointees, so the court will still have three Scott picks and one nominee each from Governors Shumlin and Douglas. Both of the gov’s picks come from…
The Return of the Ashe
The second-worst kept secret in Montpelier (besides Molly Gray’s no-longer-secret bid to return to the LG’s office) is now out: former Senate President Pro Tempore Tim Ashe has filed to run for Auditor. We last saw Senator Ashe on the #vtpoli mainstage in 2020, when he seemed like a cinch to clinch the Democratic nomination…
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Sugaring Off: Vermont Politics and History, Plain and Simple 