Every day, there’s a new bad news story about Molly Gray, Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor. Is she being targeted by her nasty opponent, as she claims? Or does she have a spotty history behind her pleasant demeanor? The answer could be - yes, and yes.

Democratic challenger David Zuckerman said incumbent Gov. Phil Scott has done well with the pandemic but that he would have done more and sooner. He also wants to raid the state’s rainy day fund and raise taxes on incomes above $250,000.

Good-old-fashioned Vermont political civility to the rescue, says Boston Globe columnist sickened by the tone of Tuesday’s presidential debate.

Last night’s first presidential debate…..wasn’t pretty. Seriously. Is this the best America can do?

In that other televised chief executive candidates’ debate, Phil Scott and David Zuckerman also discussed taxes and climate change. They both took and gave some hard shots but somehow managed to not call each other names.

Pundits on Social media gave the first Lieutenant Governor debate to Republican Scott Milne, largely because the much ballyhooed Dem nominee Molly Gray came off as over-prepared and political.

13 responses to the question: "how will you help reduce the tax burden school district budgets place on residents?"

The two frontrunners for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor drew fire during the first debate before the August 11 primary.

Even though the State of Emergency is likely to continue, Gov. Scott changed directions this week and said he will debate other Republican candidates for governor before the August 11 election.

There’s a gaping hole in the 2020 electoral debate lineup - the incumbent for governor, Phil Scott. He says he’s too busy with the state of emergency to debate GOP challengers, including upstart John Klar.