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RamaSchneider OP t1_j7aejup wrote

Reply to I don't think the legislature should be setting the qualifications for Sheriff, that's the job of the voters (and I support elected Sheriffs). We need a way to remove a Sheriff who has shown themselves to the public as unfit for office. That's my opinion. by RamaSchneider

Read responses, and for those who think we need to have specific qualifications for Sheriffs - what would the qualifications be and what is the rationale?

I see absolutely zero need, for instance, for a Sheriff to be a state certified police officer or other law enforcement type - especially when you read the Sheriff's statutory duties. Others probably see that as fundamental to the job of being a Sheriff.

So, what qualifications and why?

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you_give_me_coupon t1_j79tkr2 wrote

Reply to comment by kraysys in As homelessness crisis deepens, rural children pay the price by FearandLoathinginBTV

Any housing we build would be bought by the people and entities currently buying it: out-of-state gentrifiers, third home-owners, airbnb speculators, and private equity ghouls. It certainly wouldn't be bought by the people I know who are currently getting priced out of their rentals.

Building housing could be a good idea if we guaranteed, or at least incentivized, its use by regular Vermonters who need places to live. We could do that, but our leadership won't. They want poor Vermonters out.

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ceiffhikare t1_j79jq85 wrote

Reply to comment by Galadrond in As homelessness crisis deepens, rural children pay the price by FearandLoathinginBTV

IIRC they require folks to have something like $30K/year for HFH to help in addition to the sweat equity. That part is buried in the details though and not part of the PR hype around them. Still not a bad group but you are right, the religious affiliation makes it..well good people doing good deeds for their own reasons ..not just because its the Right thing to do.

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