Bill Proposed to Ban Distractions in Cars
Many have now heard about Republican state representative Thomas Koch’s distracted driving bill.
Politics
2007 Burlington Candidates Now Online
The official list of Burlington Candidates for the 2007 March election are now out. Click here for a full listing of all Burlington candidates running for city council, school commissioner and inspector of elections for each ward.
Rob Roper Elected Chair of VT GOP
Congratuations to Rob Roper for winning the election! I’m hoping that he uses the seat to continue to push for more fiscal responsibility with government budgets as I believe this is the single biggest issue facing the state. The fact is our local and state budgets are unsunstainable.
Newest She’s Right Show Online
The latest podcast of She’s Right is now online. You can listen to it here. Host Charity Tensel and guest Haik Bedrosian discussed the upcoming Burlington elections and their blogs.
UVM Students Save the Ice Sculpture Contest
A big congrats to Gregory’s class for succeeding where the city couldn’t. I thought it should be possible to still have the event without taxpayer’s money. You would think that with all the connections the city officials and CEDO have, they should have easily been able to find the sponsors to pick up the tab.
Ron Paul for President 2008
That’s right, Ron Paul recently started an exploratory committee for a 2008 presidential campaign.
Ode To Taxes
I got this little poem about taxes in my email recently and thought I would post it as I myself begin to prepare for the upcoming tax season…
Bangor Maine Makes It Illegal to Smoke in Cars
The Bangor Maine city council recently approved a smoking ban in vehicles where kids are present.
It’s Hammer Time!
Did you know that as of this year, all passports issued by the US State Department will include an always-on radio frequency identification (RFID) chip to make it easier for officials, or hackers, to get your personal stats?