I've been thinking a lot lately about how to make our state a better place. This has led me to pinpointing the things I consider very troubling.
The first is the tendency of the Legislature to seemingly think that the northern half of the state should call the shots. Yes, there are more people and there is more money in that end of the state, but real lives of real, good people down in our neck of the woods are impacted by decisions made in Montpelier.
The second thing is the knee-jerk reactions, or “laws of the day,” that are neither fully tried on a small scale nor studied over time.
It is all well and good to be national leaders on certain issues, but that should not be the motivation, it should be the result of a clearly defined goal, well-crafted implementation, scientifically studied outcomes and - finally - laws. Writing laws first and then finding out the problems is ridiculous.