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Robert Wood
Member since Jul 4, 2019
Recent Comments
Re: “Vermont Supreme Court Rules Bilked Investors Can Sue State Over EB-5 Fraud”
"Former agency secretaries Lawrence Miller and Patricia Moulton were immune, the court found, by virtue of their roles near the top of state government."
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YGBSM
Posted by
Robert Wood
on 10/05/2019 at 1:05 PM
Re: “Under Water: Large-Property Owners Face Expensive Runoff Fixes”
According to the Clean Water Report submitted January 15, 2017 by Treasurer Elizabeth Pearce and the VermontWaterQualityFunding20 YearProjection, agricultural subsidies and grants (including costs associated with ProductionAreaBMPImplementation, CroplandBMPImplementation(FarmAgronomicPractices), Livestockexclusion(includesCREP), NMP&CNMPDevelopment, and NMPPlanImplementation(NRCSPracticeCode590) are estimated to cost almost $575,000,000 over 20 years, with over an $18,000,000 annual shortfall, presumably borne by taxpayers.
Are similar grants and subsidies available to owners of impervious surfaces over 3 acres in size?
Posted by
Robert Wood
on 07/04/2019 at 10:45 AM
Re: “2020 Hindsight: Vermont Dems Vow to Quickly Pass Initiatives That Stalled Last Year”
One of the unicameral legislature's top issues should be to allow the states auditor's office full access to OneCare's taxpayer-funded finances.
Apparently H.181 died in the House Health Care committee last year because chairman Lippert didn't deem it worthy of consideration (https://vtdigger.org/2019/04/07/7-proposal…).
Perhaps the bill in its entirety had flaws, but the audit provision certainly needs enactment in a state not known for its sterling ethics