Recent comments in /f/vermont

GrilledSpamSteaks t1_ja8hfh7 wrote

Phil Scott handled the lockdowns with openness and honesty. He ensured the budget was financed and balanced before signing it. He got my vote because of his actions, not because of his party. Frankly anyone who votes by party is a dumbass.

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ButtonFactoryJoe t1_ja8h5yb wrote

There are a few ways to go about it. The local Meetup group friendly tabletop games of Essex does one shots. Boardroom and a few other game stores do as well. Maybe ask around at the St Albans game stores?

I realize you asked about a campaign, and the answer is it's probably going to be difficult to find a DM. If you want to play now, best to go on other DND subreddits or discord channels and post in lfg, Roll 20 also has something similar. Foundry VTT discord also has a lfg. This way you can play online.

The local Meetup also has a specific DND discord.Meet-up D&D

If you want to play locally, make some friends at one shots, find people you like to play with, and go from there. Best of luck finding a group!

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TheQueenCars t1_ja8h4tr wrote

Phil Scott seems to be well liked because he's not radical. He goes and does things that both sides like/can appreciate. This is how most leaders should be imo, we should all work together. Even though hes Republican hes proved himself as a leader so even though hes "Republican" VTers look past the label to the actual person. I hope voting doesnt change in this regard, we need to follow how the person actually is and not how they identify politically, that's how we end up with terrible leaders.

Many Vermonters are in the middle, they agree with both sides/policies. We may be a blue state but we have a good mix of both sides which I think is how things should be

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NinjaTuna96 t1_ja8h2q6 wrote

He generally doesn’t act like a Republican to me; at least, he’s definitely on the left leaning side of the right-wing party. He keeps VT’s liberal ideals (mostly), and uses common sense. I vote for him because he acts like an elected official SHOULD, instead of regurgitating party bias.

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21stCenturyJanes t1_ja8gzbq wrote

We definitely don't have the crazy evangelical Republicans here that much of the country has. Our Republicans tend to be more "I don't want to pay taxes and let me have my guns" type than conservative on social issues like hating women and minorities.

Phil Scott opposed Trump's hateful rhetoric from early on, I appreciate that about him. He's not an insane, hateful Republican.

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d-cent t1_ja8grud wrote

I think most people here hate the republican party and hate the majority of the democratic party. They are both awful, so we tend not to look at the party and just the canidate

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BudsKind802 t1_ja8g6qy wrote

Phil can stay in office for as long as he wants to keep running. VT generally love incumbents. Our last R governor, Jim Douglas stuck around for 4 terms (2 years apiece), and when he stepped down, he was replaced with a shitshow of a D governor who was even able to manage holding on for 3 terms before Phil took the office.

There are no other statewide R candidates that are competitive, mostly lately because they are strong social conservatives, which doesn't fly with the large part of the electorate.

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geo_walker t1_ja8f73p wrote

I think if there’s any modern day republicans in Vermont they’re either very clearly right wing or they use dog whistles and try to pass themselves off as a moderate to hide their meaning and political intentions.

Found an interesting article about this.

A Republican primary for lieutenant governor reveals a broader divide in Vermont GOP

Edit: don’t know why people are downvoting my comment but Vermont definitely has right wing republicans and old school moderate republicans.

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BudsKind802 t1_ja8f1vt wrote

I've been digging in to Fidium since my town is supposedly next on the list. I'm not sure the context of the Consolidated numbers provided here. Is that using their 50 Mbps plan? The 2 Gbps?

Reading /r/FidiumFiber, it looks like while some are able to get full 1Gpbs speeds, there are some equipment issues or congestion issues that could lead to slower speeds.

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