She declined to comment to VT Digger. She has been free with the media before and after the election, but on this issue, she’s avoiding the media.

Maybe that’s a good strategy. She is part of the largest fraudulent campaign violation that has taken place in the nation’s history.

In my original comment, I noted that there is no evidence she was aware of the fraud.

I had hoped she would be forthcoming when asked about this by the local press. Sadly, some of our federal delegation doesn’t take questions from the Vermont media.

Oh geez.

This happens here in northern PA too, especially on some unplowed state forest roads around the PA Grand Canyon when New Jersey or New York drivers try to make it work despite seeing only snow machines going in, lol.

The cotton gin (1800) and the expansion of cotton reduced the demand for wool. Previously ALL garments were made of wool, including underwear.

The transition to dairy took a long time. The cotton gin (cotton engine) didn't gain widespread use until the 1850's. Even then, most Civil War uniforms were made of wool.

For the record, I did laugh at your comment and threw you an upvote. Just razzing you.

Lol, not even close.

Found the guy from CT.

There won’t be local businesses to spend money at if workers can’t afford to live here. Every small business owner I know is completely hamstrung and stagnant, barely holding on for lack of workers. They can’t pay their employees enough to afford living here.

This has also driven up the costs of local goods and services. We’ve all seen the posts here from entitled tourists and newcomers bemoaning the high costs, long waits, diminished level of service, lack of amenities, and shortened business hours that have resulted from the employee shortage

We are headed towards the gridlock that many ski mountain towns out west are experiencing. They are even seizing land through eminent domain to build affordable housing for locals and prevent ski companies from growing any further. They’re even actively tamping down tourism to give locals a chance to recover

https://www.adventure-journal.com/2022/10/colorado-town-seizing-ski-resorts-land-to-stop-it-building-employee-housing/

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Maybe property management isn’t for them?

Lol. Not sure why I was downvoted. I have generations of ancestors in this state and that’s what I was always told. We call people like Bernie “honorary vermonters.”

Except Gov. Scott keeps renewing it when they are not filling open jobs here and the housing market is a mess

Not sure why this was downvoted so much? Legit was just trying to understand the problem

The Bolt is a great car, but it’s fully electric with no range extender. The older Volt had the generator. Those are great too but they’ve been discontinued for some years now. There’s quite a few plug in hybrids on the market currently that offer similar functionality.

There isn’t good data yet about how much the population has grown over the last couple years. We have been operating at a negative growth rate for decades so even a 3.5% increase year over year would impact the housing stock as it compounds very quickly to a significant number.

I hear what you are saying about tax revenue, but remote workers are straining our housing and labor markets and crippling our economy in ways that will cost us far more than they are able to contribute in income taxes. The money is better spent on those less fortunate. Covid, climate, and red state refugees will continue to flock here without tax incentives

I've read it and enjoyed it. Another book, focusing more specifically on stone walls has Tom's recommendation (by blurb, anyway).

https://stonewall.uconn.edu/books-2/stone-by-stone/

It was not just 26k. It was the super pac that give over 1 million to her campaign and allowed her to become a household name.

> Seven Days reported Tuesday that the LGBTQ Victory Fund, which spent just shy of $1 million on Balint's behalf in the race, had recently benefited from a $1.1 million donation from Nishad Singh, a top executive at the cryptocurrency exchange FTX

https://vtdigger.org/2022/08/25/a-crypto-moguls-hidden-hand-in-vermonts-congressional-race-stunned-observers-its-a-common-trick/

Fun Fact about Kelley Stand: it's a class two town road (Sunderland) all the way to Stratton, and while it's not maintained in the winter, it is always open. The Forest Service regularly tries to hand out tickets there, but you can tell them to go fuck themselves if they do.

A million dollars for a wet sock puppet! Cheap

>I think the landlord here is obnoxious

Agreed, but he is within his legal rights.

>I understand that you don’t see it.

I do see it. I just disagree that the way you stated would be worth trying. There are proper channels to handle this as a tenant that are legal and would get minimal pushback from the landlord. Such as:

• placing an opposing sign in your window.
• informing the public of the law, such as on Reddit
• speaking with those who can vote in your areas

As a native flatlander and frequent Vermont visitor, I can confirm that the mud in springtime Vermont is intense. Do not underestimate it. Deny the impulse to think “it’s just mud.” This is not the stuff of messy childhood mud pies. This is the stuff of bike devouring nightmares. My suggestion: make a cute Vermont themed birthday card that says “Surprise! We’re going to Vermont in June!”

> Imagine you’re running for congress a criminal handed you $26k of ill-gotten money

I would disavow the fucking money. There is no money from top-end crypto ghouls that isn't dirty. If Balint didn't know this, she is an idiot. (But I know she's not.)

Not a great option for security in your housing. Ever thought about looking for another place?

I think it was even more recent than 200 years!

There was a tea shop in waterbury that had pictures of early 1900-1910 showing the clear-cut lands. It blew my damn mind! In every picture, you could see the farmers' lands separated by the stone walls.

I’m on Stratton Fire and we have a generator, but please don’t call us.

> At this point, there is no evidence the Congresswoman knew about the fraud. It appears she was used as a pawn in the FTX fraud agenda.

For fuck's sake. Everyone called me a nutjob or a rightoid when I said during the campaign that taking money from any crypto ghoul was a terrible thing to do, but I was right and this is why. There is basically zero money at the top of the crypto world that isn't sleazy ill-gotten gains. It should be seen like taking money from a cartel boss - even if you don't know what the money will be spent on, or have direct knowledge of any specific crimes, it's a good idea to publicly disavow support from people who have people's heads cut off with chainsaws.

(And no, I didn't want Molly Gray either.)