Representing Dover, Jamaica, Somerset, Stratton and Wardsboro
It’s the holiday season and for many a time of year filled with traditions among families and communities. In Vermont we also have a unique tradition that kicks off the month of December. December 1st brings about the annual receipt of the Vermont Tax Commissioner’s statutorily required letter to the legislature regarding anticipated property tax …
Continue reading Without new state funding mechanism, Vermonter’s property taxes will keep rising
Windham Regional Commission Seeks Input on Draft Energy Plan The Windham Regional Commission looks for public comments as they develop the Regional Energy Plan with four public meetings in December and January. The meetings will be an opportunity for the public to come and learn about why the Regional Planning Commission is creating a Regional …
Continue reading Hearings this week in Dover and Townshend on draft energy plan for Windham region
Thank you to the almost 200 Deerfield Valley respondents who took my 2018 Legislative Session priorities survey. The survey required respondents to give their name and town of residence. All other questions were optional. 35% of those who responded were under the age of 50. 21% were over the age of 65. 1.5% of respondents …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 14, 2017 WILMINGTON, VT – State Representatives Laura Sibilia (I-Dover), John Gannon (D-Wilmington) and Ben Jickling (I-Randolph) sent a letter to Secretary of the Vermont Agency of Education Rebecca Holcomb seeking clarification on the Secretary’s position on completing the mandated weighting study contained in Act 49. A recent article quoted the …
Greetings from Goose City! We are winding down from soccer with our son and looking forward to the holiday return of our girls. I'm thinking more and more about the coming legislative session, and there are a number of public input sessions I want you to know about further on in this email. This year …
Wired and wireless internet expansion projects in Stamford, Readsboro and Whitingham were announced by the Vermont Department of Public Service, Fairpoint and the southern Vermont Broadband Cooperative. While I wish that these expansions were all resulting from service providers seeing increased market opportunities to sell their products, in fact these projects are the result of sustained …
Happy late summer! I'm looking forward to seeing you all at a number of events in the coming weeks and months in the valley. An update on the end of the 2017 session: This year I served on a new committee focusing on Energy and Technology which was created by Speaker of the House Mitzi …
The Legislature continues in session overtime as a major fight about fairness in our education system continues to unfold. Despite the dramatic headlines about the "assault" on employees and "stripping" collective bargaining away from school employees, the most common question I am getting back home is an incredulous "why is this such a big problem?". …
Continue reading Vermont’s extended session: reality vs. hyperbole
The coming week, presumably the final week of this year's legislative session, is loaded with significant bills that will likely generate heated debate on the floor of the House. My votes on these bills will be made after taking into consideration ALL of the language in the bill, as well as any amendments that may …
Vermont State Representative Laura Sibilia 