Too Much Legislation

Reason #10 To Vote For Me

I think the Vermont Legislature legislates too much. It seems as though they feel they have to justify all that time in Montpelier by addressing things that only they see as problems.

I'll push for using the bi-annual session the way the founders intended.  Individual legislators will only be able to introduce bills in the first year of the session.  Each committee would pick no more than three pieces of priority legislation to focus on. The legislature should go back to adopting a two-year budget in the first year of the session.

During the second year of the session legislators would focus on any adjustments needed to the budget and on bills introduced by either the governor or the speaker of the house.  This is the way business was done until recent years.  Under my proposal, both the guv and the speaker would each be limited to introducing no more than three bills.

First Ad

My first ad of this campaign is appearing this week so look for it.  I think it came out pretty good.

Endorsed!

I recently got word that I have been endorsed by the Vermont NEA (the teachers union), the Vermont State Labor Council of the AFL-CIO and the Vermont State Employees Association (VSEA).

As a former teacher and consultant with the Vermont Department of Education I have a deep interest in education. I thank VNEA for their endorsement, especially since I highlighted where we diverge as well as where we agree when they asked my views.

I also welcome the support and assistance from the VSEA, as a 25 year member, and of the AFL-CIO.  I will work to assure that Vermont continues to be a great place for working families to live in.  That starts with a living wage for all, affordable housing, real and strong consumer protections, plus a clean and liveable environment.

I will be posting a couple of my education ideas in the next week.  I will also be posting positions and thoughts on what I see as a war on working people going on in this country.  I also will outline my goals for strengthening local economies, advancing the liveable wage, moving to the Genuine Progress Indicator, providing  affordable hoousing and other issues of interest to working Vermonters.

This post will become a page as I get more endorsements.