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Donald Maurice Kreis
Member since Feb 5, 2015
Recent Comments
Re: “Hinesburg Selectboard, Vermont Gas Reach Agreement on Pipeline”
I am confused! Why doesn't the agreement with the selectboard make the eminent domain proceedings moot?
Posted by
Donald Maurice Kreis
on 07/29/2016 at 5:16 PM
Re: “New Bill Aims to Stop Funding Out-of-State Schools”
I live in Hartland, which relies on tuitioning to provide a high school education for students in grades 9 through 12. One of the most popular high schools is Hanover High School, which is treated like a Vermont school (because it is part of an interstate district that includes Norwich) for every purpose EXCEPT this bill, which is the proverbial solution in search of a problem. Rep. Buxton says she likes the bill because "at a time when our education spending is so limited, we have to look at all the ways we're spending our education dollars." But Rep. Clarkson says her bill is not about saving money. In my judgment, this bill is just the leading edge of a longterm strategy to eliminate school choice in those districts that opted for it. We should not do this piecemeal. If our neighbors in Woodstock and Rep. Buxton's home district of Royalton want us to stop tuitioning our high school students because their students don't have that option, they should come forward with a persuasive explanation of why that is in the best interests of the families in all of our towns.
Posted by
Donald Maurice Kreis
on 02/05/2015 at 4:30 PM
Re: “Walters: Environmentalists Object to Scott Climate Panel Choice”
I have no dog in this fight, since I'm in New Hampshire, but I know Kevin Jones and Annette Smith well enough to say that having them co-chair the Technical Advisory Group is both intriguing and refreshing. What the skeptics overlook is the synergistic combination they represent: Kevin is an economist who knows what utilities are like from the inside, and Annette is a grassroots activist who has done years of intense homework as an outsider. From the other side of the Connecticut River, refusals to work with them look odd indeed. I guess our political realities in NH are such that we have to err on the side of inclusion and showing up, even at the risk of collaborating with someone with whom we have serious disagreements.