brenda siegel

1 min read 2021-11-11 01:35:40

I’d Hate to Call It Lying, but…

At his Tuesday Covid briefing, Gov. Phil Scott was either lying or uninformed when he answered a question about the hotel/motel emergency housing

1 min read 2021-10-19 10:05:55

The Detritus of Gov. Scott’s Emergency Housing Policy, Left Behind In His Retreat What a stouthearted guy. What a champion of principle. What a

1 min read 2021-10-14 23:36:08

When last we met, I castigated Gov. Phil Scott for his needlessly cruel posture on the emergency housing program, which he insists on shutting down

3 min read 2021-04-30 02:22:55

Two Senate committees, Judiciary and Health & Welfare, held a joint hearing Thursday morning about H.225, the “bupe bill.” It would legalize

2 min read 2021-02-18 07:54:49

Chittenden County State’s Attorney Sarah George speaks during a public forum on prison reform sponsored by VTDigger in Burlington on February 4,

1 min read 2021-02-18 06:40:11

Many support systems and treatment options for those with substance use disorder have become unavailable during the pandemic. File photo by Bob

4 min read 2020-09-22 03:09:25

Anyone else remember this? From August 2019 State Sen. Debbie Ingram brought her political career to a close, whether she meant to or not, when she

3 min read 2020-08-07 02:55:57

Objects In The Mirror May Be Fuzzier Than They Appear The following was written in 2003. I’d ask you to guess the author, but I’ve already given

4 min read 2020-08-05 04:23:14

In my almost-a-decade following #vtpoli, one of the recurring themes is how losing candidates carp about media coverage. If only the press had taken

3 min read 2020-08-03 02:17:20

The last pre-primary campaign finance reports are in, and the big winner is… yep… Your Governor, Phil Scott. Not that he raised much money. In

2 min read 2020-07-31 03:10:25

Mollee Gray, who has voted in Vermont elections almost as often as Molly Gray Wow, Seven Days really dropped a turd in the Molly Gray punchbowl,

2 min read 2020-07-27 03:07:44

This is, as I tweeted the other day, the most hilarious development of the #vtpoli season. Tim Ashe, who rose to the position of Senate President

4 min read 2020-07-18 01:52:23

Good lighting and placement, aggressively literate background a bit over the top, prominent placement of Che book lends some much-needed progressive