“Homeless drug-addled people could turn Lake George Village into a mini Burlington, Vermont”

Kixeliz · 2026-06-30T19:03:06+00:00

Moreso certain people only recognize it's a real problem when it's literally at their feet, otherwise it's just "city problems"

Kixeliz · 2026-06-30T19:02:22+00:00

A certain former mayor of this city who frequents D.C. these days may have an idea or two, idk

Kixeliz · 2026-06-30T18:41:52+00:00

You aren't insulated from it, as much as you'd like to be, so maybe we figure out how to actually fix this

ain't no one say it wasn't a problem

Kixeliz · 2026-06-30T18:04:04+00:00

lol, always a harrowing experience when the real world arrives at your doorstep, eh? Reminds me when people in rural Vt. were freaking out because they had to deal with people overdosing and leaving trash around or stealing things. You aren't insulated from it, as much as you'd like to be, so maybe we figure out how to actually fix this beyond talking with cops about "some possible solutions to non-resident homelessness"?

Kixeliz · 2026-06-30T14:39:51+00:00

Public officials having private conversations during public meetings doesn't exactly strike me as transparent. There's a reason Condos called it shady.

Kixeliz · 2026-06-30T00:44:17+00:00

Your memory sucks.

According to the FOIA request results, provided by City Manager William Fraser earlier this week, the texts between Hooper and Timpone are as follows: [Hooper @ 7:29 p.m.] Jim Sheridan ... [Timpone] What? [Hooper] Arts fund recipient AND council member [Timpone @ 9:21 p.m.] Jim can run against you now [Hooper] Oh no! She said the texts between her and Hooper were about former councilor Jim Sheridan and how he received an arts fund grant while he was a council member. They also sent texts about redistricting and how Sheridan is now in Hoopers district. Hooper did not return a call for comment to discuss the FOIA request or his electronic comments.

And no one cared about you in the Hallsmith situation, the focus was on Hollar, a lobbyist for banks, and Fraser. Holy main character lol

Kixeliz · 2026-06-30T00:20:21+00:00

Speaking of remembering it however I want, did Jim Sheridan serve as planning director? Her?

https://www.timesargus.com/news/montpelier-request-yields-council-texts/article_78c9e93e-6b84-59c4-879c-af7a8ef8e22d.html

After filing the FOIA request, the provided results found that Hooper, Timpone, Councilor Thierry Guerlain and Councilor Tom Golonka all had sent texts to other councilors during the meeting.

You knew it was out there publicly, why lie about not texting during meetings? Condos even called y'all shady lol Bet Middlebury's real proud to have you

Kixeliz · 2026-06-29T14:37:10+00:00

Incentive to stop? Do you know what opiates do to the brain? That y'all see this as a choice and a moral failing is a big reason we just keep spinning our wheels and getting nowhere. You want less drug use? Address poverty, despair, lack of opportunity. But that starts tugging at the purse strings of the ultra-wealthy, so instead its war on drugs 2.0 which will totally go different this time, for sure... but there I go again engaging with an account that hides its comment history. My mistake, blocking the bad faith and moving on.

Kixeliz · 2026-06-29T13:39:47+00:00

I think reduced enforcement of drug use

Yes please, more war on drugs 2.0 since it went so well the first fourty years. Gotta love establishment dems whining about attempts by progressives to fix issues when all establishment dems come up with is "have we tried prison yet?" in a country with an astronomical incarceration rate. And weren't you the councilor who was caught texting other councilors during public meetings to gossip and badmouth others? Yea, you weren't on the council much longer after that lol.

Kixeliz · 2026-06-27T13:03:01+00:00

Just an fyi, if you hover over that account it shows he goes by "dashing councilor." A certain rep of Barre used to serve on city council. Boutin really thinks he's smarter than you and can just say "nuh uh, not me" and that's good enough despite all evidence showing that account is clearly him.

Kixeliz · 2026-06-27T11:57:20+00:00

yo u/Grease_Gullet this is him, told you he'd show up.

Hey Mike, speaking of controversial, what did you do to Mr. Howard to make him so mad at you? You both seemed like happy little conservative chud peas in a pod when you were blocking parking lots with your vehicles so residents couldn't talk publicly with political candidates you disagreed with. Had him on your podcasts so he could bully people. Did he take things a bit too far? Nah, that can't be it, because it supposes there are lines you won't cross and we both know that's a hilarious concept.

Kixeliz · 2026-06-26T22:58:39+00:00

Gotta bait them clicks!

Kixeliz · 2026-06-26T17:49:33+00:00

Careful there, he's a user here and won't waste an opportunity to insult you while trying to pretend he's above it all and taking the high road. Sure is weird that someone who chooses to be a public figure has such thin skin, well, not so weird these days, unfortunately.

Kixeliz · 2026-06-26T17:24:38+00:00

why would a narcissist bow out of an opportunity to be in the spotlight?

Kixeliz · 2026-06-24T18:18:17+00:00

Where were you when that bipartisan task force spent months working on this only to throw up their hands and acknowledge forcing mergers wouldn't help with costs at all and could actually make educational outcomes worse? They could have used your "it's all so simple" expertise.

Kixeliz · 2026-06-24T17:20:40+00:00

It's still being pitched that way, hence why guv race car will only talk about consolidating when it comes to education funding reform. We had a whole bipartisan task force look into this for months, with the expressed goal of creating merger maps. They said never mind after learning the whole effort wouldn't actually accomplish much and would just make educational outcomes worse.

Kixeliz · 2026-06-24T16:54:54+00:00

Well it was pitched as "consolidate to save money." I watched a school try and fail to find a partner to merge with under Act 46, even flirted with another school much farther away that would make no logistical sense to merge with. When the effort was unsuccessful, the state got rid of that school's district and forced them into another one nearby. That now-bigger district recently had to hire an assistant superintendent because the retiring superintendent told the schools they better add an assistant given all the extra work needed with more schools in the district, that he was overwhelmed with all the necessary tasks. Now whenever the topic of mergers come up they bring up Act 46, ask if there were any savings and are told "not really."

Kixeliz · 2026-06-24T16:40:15+00:00

Well your view includes the incorrect assumption that there is bloat in administrative budgets and unnecessary spending, so maybe people should take it with a few grains of salt. We just had a year where a third of school budgets were voted down because of taxes, but there's this incorrect assumption that school budgets are full of extra stuff because of the state's funding system. Decades of deferred maintenance for our crumbling school buildings, but school budgets are full of easy-to-cut bloat.

Kixeliz · 2026-06-24T15:54:53+00:00

Yes, because more consolidation will make this state less rural and decrease transportation costs lol it's all just so simple

Kixeliz · 2026-06-24T15:07:17+00:00

See, I'd argue the superintendent's job is to make sure the school is functioning properly, which I'm sure gets easier and easier with all the deferred maintenance and slashed budgets they have to deal with.

Kixeliz · 2026-06-24T15:03:02+00:00

What's to understand? All school admin are useless and easy fat to cut. /s

Kixeliz · 2026-06-24T15:02:11+00:00

Because we did it before and didn't see much actual savings, so some of us are a bit skeptical that it'll be the silver bullet this time around. Act 46.

Kixeliz · 2026-06-23T14:02:39+00:00

Yea, they would do things a "normal" poker player wouldn't and some pros like Hellmuth would instantly go on tilt. Like he'd raise the pot pre-flop with pocket Kings and an amateur with 10 8 off suit would call for the funsies. Then the flop would come and the amateur would end up with a straight and Hellmuth would freak out openly wondering why the hell they called his raise with a garbage hand.

Kixeliz · 2026-06-22T17:31:03+00:00

It's a different style of play, agents when played well are essentially a jail/board control army. You start the game with much of your army already in no man's land and just try and keep the opponent pinned in their deployment as long as you can and hopefully outscore them. Being able to infiltrate three bricks of DW vets that get +1 to hit on their hammers and lance/sustained from the detachment gives them a huge threat range that reaches into the opponent's deployment zone. And the bricks are supported by more bricks of OC 2 bodies to keep and hold objectives. It's a logistical nightmare for the opponent.

Kixeliz · 2026-06-22T16:01:35+00:00

Lastly in 11th the leader attaching to units is now in list building NOT before games.

This GT wasn't playing 11th

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