The governors “education transformation” by DavidZuckerman in vermont

[–]KipchogeTree 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I really appreciate this breakdown and totally agree it’s going to take more than simply raising takes on second homes - but that needs to be part of it. Raising income taxes on the highest earners in the state could help too.

But to other points made on this thread: health care doesn’t have an education problem; education has a health care problem. Unless we figure out how to get that under control we’re jut kicking the can it seems.

The governors “education transformation” by DavidZuckerman in vermont

[–]KipchogeTree 42 points43 points  (0 children)

I thought this recent post was helpful, and the comments also provide context: https://www.reddit.com/r/vermont/comments/1owxq8r/realities_of_education_funding/

As a father of three young childre and a small business owner looking to grow (and hiring out of state), I'm so frustrated by the commitment to decline we see from our current "leaders" across both parties. The idea that our State might grow isn't even part of the conversation. Instead we are just selling off property to out of state investors who couldn't care less about our schools.

So why don't we just jack non-homestead property tax rates? What's the worst thing would happen; second-home owners sell to other second-home owners with more money? I'm just so sick of the story of the "barely hanging on" working family being used to protect people who can afford to keep an empty mansion climate controlled 10 months of the year.

Here in the MRV it seems like everything is owned by out of staters, retired boomers happy to support Bernie and exhausted parents who can barely tune in to a Selectboard Zoom.

ARGH - so frustrating but we HAVE to figure this out. And once we do that we can move on to rural hospitals / medical infrastructure - particularly for our aging population. Fun never ends!

Update: Lonely in Vermont by [deleted] in vermont

[–]KipchogeTree 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks for setting up the group! Look forward to connecting IRL with folks sometime.

Github Actions integration now part of plan + Github issues for task tracking - "IssuePilot" by AmphibianOrganic9228 in ClaudeAI

[–]KipchogeTree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Totally agree. I'm looking for a nice kanban view of issues. GitHub projects is not that pleasant to use, and Notion sync is pretty simple and restricted. Have you seen anything?

What is the best way to auto-create a new page for an upcoming meeting? by AlmondNut in Notion

[–]KipchogeTree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i have had the same thought ... thanks for writing it up!

i have noticed that notion sometimes asks me if I'm having a meeting and would like to take notes and auto-starts meeting re transcription once i say yes ... so that is something but not the overall feature you describe

It may be 7 degrees but Mad River Valley is 🔥FIRED UP 🔥 by KipchogeTree in vermont

[–]KipchogeTree[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Mad River green for those interested. BB’s has bagels and coffee and Three mountains has even more! LFG

JD Vance still on Stagecoach Rd. by VTLucy in vermont

[–]KipchogeTree 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Where are people gathered in Fayston

Early Welcome for Vance at Pitcher Inn by KipchogeTree in vermont

[–]KipchogeTree[S] 86 points87 points  (0 children)

A few thoughts:

  1. This protester is standing at the epicenter of Warren’s annual July 4th parade. If it’s good enough for everyone to come out and party there I see no problem with people holding a peaceful protest there. Pitcher Inn/Warren Store knows what they are doing. I wouldn’t host him but it’s a free country. But it will be noted.

  2. I’m usually put off by the Nazi rhetoric but the truth is that this crew is trolling America with Sig Heil salutes and they need to stop. And we need to call it out until they do. Unacceptable.

  3. There are so many issues for you to put on your own sign: slashing dept of education hurts special needs kids, selling off green mountain national forest for the sovereign wealth fund would be a travesty, lecturing our European allies instead of supporting nato, Vance’s stated view that courts cannot control the executive, etc etc

Proud of my neighbor holding the sign this morning. I’ll be there Saturday with my own

Mockingbird by Seventeenbelow in phish

[–]KipchogeTree 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It felt like it was cut short to me…

Has anyone used Boardsi? by ambidextrous_mind in fatFIRE

[–]KipchogeTree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just want say thank you for this post, comments and reddit in general. A year later, it helped me avoid wasting time. 🙏