That’s what usually happens. They’re found not credible so can’t be involved in prosecution of cases so the jurisdiction just moves them to another county where the States Attorney isn’t aware that they’re a lying criminal piece of garbage. Ot they quit and go in to work for other law enforcement agencies. This is a common practice everywhere even here in Vermont.

They get away with this shit for YEARS. A Sgt. from the Derby barracks got caught stealing from the evidence locker and they quietly moved him to the St. J barracks even though the States Attorney in Orleans County issued a Brady Letter saying she could no longer prosecute any cases he was involved with. He worked in Caledonia County for YEARS while nobody knew what had happened. He was finally fired last year for sexual harassment of female subordinates coincidentally right after a whistle blower informed the troop in St. J who their senior Sgt. was.

Same!

Couldn’t have said it better myself.

Yeah I blocked that person because I have no interest in arguing with someone that has tunnel vision and an agenda outside of doing what is best for the children of this state. I grew up in the NEK as a severely disadvantaged kid. I pay out the ass to live where I do now so my kids have better opportunities than going to North Country where if you aren’t a redneck that loves Trump you are bullied into being suicidal. That’s the irony….SJA is the epitome of inclusion, social and emotional safety and superb education. All that persons arguments are about everything other than what is best for children.

ETA: Like you, I have a child who has thrived at one of these schools after having gone through hell for the first 7 years of public school here in the NEK. She spent her entire school career depressed and verging on being suicidal because she wasn’t like the other kids and they made sure she knew it. She has never been healthier or happier or more accomplished and she’s only a freshman. The problem isn’t what these schools are, it’s that the rest of our schools are so mediocre or poor in comparison.

Yes and it will be a travesty if they don’t make some changes to these bills as proposed. The underlying problems with our education system are not going to be solved any time soon and gutting the schools that provide the best education in the state for the most at risk students is not going to help.

The problem is nobody wants to pay more in taxes. Using property taxes to fund education is part of how we ended up in this mess to begin with. Do you really think a Republican Governor, even a moderate one like Phil Scott is going to allow for an income tax increase to fund public education? We are in a real pickle that can only be solved by a complete overhaul, like so many other social issues in our country.

Yes but the majority of their students are poor kids from the NEK.

No I’m arguing the issue at hand. The topic of what to do about the shitty schools we have all over the place here in VT wasn’t the topic. There are plenty of things that could be done and should be done to make schools here better. We can never get to any sort of real change because we get hung up on issues like this one.

ETA: you really have no ability to use logic do you lol? This is about education dipshit. We live in a capitalist country. Everything is under the guise of capitalism.

Perhaps before making a judgement you should look at outcomes for students and compare those to even the top performing public school in the State. Then your argument about a teaching degree may have some merit. But the outcomes for students speak for themselves. Especially considering SJA and LI serve an enormous number of children from the consistently most economically depressed area of the state, the NEK. Are you from the NEK? Do you have any idea what the culture here is like or the lack of opportunities there will be for the poorest kids in the state if this were to be passed the way it is currently written?

No, you’re more concerned about virtue signaling that private school equals bad. Our public school education system is in shambles for a reason and you think it’s a good idea to force the four schools in question to start running on that model? Maybe actually have some idea what you’re debating before you make comment. I’m an atheist. Avowed socialist since the 90s. This isn’t a black and white issue like people are attempting to make it.

It was and it wasn’t. My child attends SJA. That school will be a ghost of what it is now under the bill as proposed as it will force these schools to operate under the same regulations as public schools.

That means things like hiring PhD so and so to teach in his area of expertise because he’s the best person for the job will no longer be allowed because they’ll be required to have a degree is secondary education. So the fact that they may be 100 times more knowledge about the subject matter won’t matter if they can’t get a VT teaching licensure. I’m sorry but my daughter has by far the best teachers I’ve ever seen at this school. There are unintended consequences to these bills as written that need to be addressed. And this is just one example.

This is actually not standard at all. In most states once you’ve established residency in a location that is considered your home and a legal process through civil court must be followed to evict someone whether there is a lease or not. OP should just Google NH tenant rights laws and I’m sure the info is there to be found.

This depends on the state. In my state specifically qualified people are required to agree with a doc. A doc alone does not have this power where I live.

Every state has a different threshold for which a person can be placed in a secure psychiatric facility against their will. It used to be my job to be the person to make these decisions at a particular agency in Vermont. Here we pretty much have the highest bar for that to be able to occur. A person must be a danger to themselves or others and there must be no other lesser restrictive option to ensure safety before a person can be involuntarily hospitalized.

For a very small group of people this may prevent them from seeking treatment but most of the time it is lack of services. The mental health system in this country is in shambles and has been for decades.

Not to mention the fact that once a baby can survive outside of the womb the term “abortion” merely refers to inducing labor. Do these people think that doctors are pulling live babies out of mothers and committing homocide?

ETA: the only time an abortion is performed at a stage in pregnancy where the fetus would be viable outside of the womb are in cases where the fetus will not survive or will suffer for a short time and die. Forcing a mother to go full term with a baby that will die inside her or shortly after birth is about the most inhumane thing you can do to a person.

Signed, a mother whose child died the day it was born.

Yup that area is an example of the dichotomy that exists in New Hampshire with one of the wealthiest counties in the country there surrounded by rural poverty.

They are complete opposites in terms of social services programs. In VT we have basically had universal healthcare for children and adults living in poverty or with disabilities for decades. Even working adults can make a significant income and still qualify for Medicaid if they have children. Pregnant women as well. Our friends living in NH who are disabled and living on Social Security are currently wondering if they will lose their Medicaid due to the COLA increase coming 1/1. Imagine taking away healthcare for disabled people because they make $1100 a month and your government considers that too high too qualify.

Victims Compensation doesn’t cover property. It will cover portions of things like lost wages and bills for therapy or medical bills but not property loss.

There’s no long term data because it’s a new field of study but ALL the data shows much higher rates of violence. And yes I agree that there is a component of it being a fad as do the few trans people I know. I’m Gen X. And even trans people are afraid to voice these opinions because they get labeled as traitors to their community. I’m just so sick of people not being able to have a conversation about things. Like the dumbing down of our society has reached a critical level lol. Like no way should trans folks be competing in sports with their chosen gender. There are biological advantages for people born male regardless of hormone level requirements. Bone density, limb length, muscle mass and structure and the list goes on and on. And in those cases I 100% agree with people being pissed. But Miss America? Lol give me a break. If people are butt hurt that their narrow definition of beauty is changing they can ya know, fuck right off or just ignore it.

Amnesty International is a well known and long standing non profit organization with a mission to end human rights abuses throughout the world. If you think that makes them nuts than you’re a moron and there’s not hope for you.

Amnesty International for one. Hit the Google button for fucks sake.

There is a plethora of data available on the internet about the rates of violence against trans people especially women. It was the same for decades for gay people. I’m not going to do your job for you. If you really care to be educated you can easily find that data. I did say I agree with the bandwagon phenomenon. And it’s sucks that it’s not possible to have an actual dialog about this because you immediately get labeled as hateful. Like I definitely have views on this that many would say makes me transphobic. I never said I thought it was ok for kids to be taking puberty blockers etc. Although if a child is known to have been born intersex that is different. And many are. We just didn’t know it in the past and nobody was listening to these kids when they said they felt like they were in the wrong body. They were just assigned a gender and sex at birth based on what it looked like was the closest fit based on the outward appearance of the genitalia when a whole bunch of other stuff was going on internally inside the body. This isn’t a simple black and white issue at all that people wanna make it out to be. I mean what are you gonna do if you find out your kid has ovaries and that the small penis he has it’s actually an enlarged clitoris? Nobody wants to talk about these things but they are not as uncommon as people think they are. Or your daughter is found to have undescended testicles.

Kinda like they don’t feel like it’s a threat to them perhaps. The Republican base is the party known for ALWAYS voting against their own self interest. That’s what happens when your base is literally comprised of the uneducated ignorant masses. Ever wonder why your party is so against education funding? Because you have to be fucking stupid to support them. That is the clown world we are living in. People like you have turned this country into a living breathing live action version of Idiocracy. It would be funny if it weren’t so fucking mind blowing. Half of this country is literally the laughing stock of the entire fucking world and it’s not the half you think it is. It’s the half you belong too.

Actually the percentage of the human population born as intersex is about the same as the percentage born with red hair.

Perhaps because it was literally unsafe to be out as trans before now. It still is unsafe. I agree there’s a sort of bandwagon thing happening but at least young people feel more free and safe to explore who they might be as opposed to generations past who had to fit into some narrow definition of what you should be or look like based on your sex organs. Fuck I’m just a “tomboy” type of woman and even I have spent my life being made fun of for being too masculine or being told by men I’m not feminine enough for them because I don’t spend loads of money on makeup, nails, hair and plastic surgery. And I assure you I look quite womanly lol.

ETA: the percentage of the human population born as intersex is the same as those born with red hair. So even if you wanna narrowly define who “should” be trans to the people born with ambiguous sex organs or both male and female sex organs or chromosomal abnormalities that’s still a lot of people. They just aren’t hiding as much now because they feel like there is a place for them in the world to be accepted.