Hagardy

Hagardy t1_j9p7n9e wrote

Reply to comment by appa-ate-momo in Senate panel advances major housing bill, overhauling municipal zoning and Act 250 by DaddyBobMN

I’d be happy to go back to the days where we could build similarly to how many downtowns already exist. Many towns are zoned in such a way that if a building burns down it can’t be rebuilt it the same form, even though it’d stood for a hundred years because the zoning has changed.

Instead we’re forcing people to live in the 1950s-70s and claiming it’s to preserve the Vermont of the 1900s

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Hagardy t1_j78snsd wrote

Reply to I don't think the legislature should be setting the qualifications for Sheriff, that's the job of the voters (and I support elected Sheriffs). We need a way to remove a Sheriff who has shown themselves to the public as unfit for office. That's my opinion. by RamaSchneider

This seems like a great way to do nothing while looking like you’re doing something. It’s technically more difficult to amend our constitution than to impeach an official, & several of these sheriffs should be impeached and removed from office. But, no one actually wants to do something like actually remove them.

Our system favors the status quo.

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Hagardy t1_j5mpelp wrote

Reply to comment by SemperFuu in Interesting opinion piece in Seven Days -- wondering how those in Burlington feel? by betcaro

We have a ton of prime real estate that is sitting vacant, like the old Boves, the YMCA, the gas station on Pearl, the transmission shop on North Winooski, the Koffee Kup building and more. It’s clearly better for these owners to use it as a tax write off than to sell or redevelop, and there’s zero political motivation to disincentivize this on any side of the spectrum.

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Hagardy t1_j22az5m wrote

Reply to comment by HappilyhiketheHump in UVM too expensive by Constant_Education_4

state funding is less than 5% of the budget compared to nearly 25% for states like Florida. There’s a clear and obvious reason tuition is high, but sure, pretend like there’s some magical way to get blood from a stone.

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Hagardy t1_j2263yu wrote

Reply to comment by NEK_USA in Vermont lawmakers aim to make housing more available and affordable by dropkickninja

forced out

except you've turned $80k into nearly $200k simply by purchasing at the right time. I suspect you won't be homeless with your six figure windfall. $1,800/year in increased taxes on an $80k+ profit seems like...not very much?

I know it's theoretical value until you sell, except you have that value in equity.

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Hagardy t1_j2255eu wrote

Reply to UVM too expensive by Constant_Education_4

you can thank our lawmakers and fellow citizens who've kept Vermont 50th for state support for higher education--even if half of Vermont students attend for free, tuition is prohibitively expensive for the rest due to our nearly non-existent state support. It's essentially a private school with a nominal state affiliation.

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Hagardy t1_j0q9u2h wrote

Reply to Snow tires by Sorry-Ad-7884

snow tires are also great in just plain cold weather—they’re made from a softer rubber compound that is designed to perform when it’s cold, unlike normal tires which harden and often suffer performance decreases in the cold.

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