140: Matt Votes No, Just Too Many Dang Nazis, and a Dude's Chick

On this week’s show:

• Happy National Cereal Day
• Nikki Haley wins Vermont
• New lady mayor - Emma Mulvaney-Stanak
• Winooski votes to approve its share of bridge
• Voters reject some school budgets
• New bill to ban guns at polls
• Warmest winter on record
• Biden approves flood recovery
• Golfing weather
• Can UVM grad students afford housing?
•  State of towns allowing weed sales

 (50:56) Break music: Shore Rites - "And Over. "

https://shorerites.bandcamp.com/track/and-over-2

•  VT is getting old
• Berlin wants its own zip code
• Rutland Town considering panhandling signs
• Looks like a job for Detective Bookman
• Meet the Morristown dog catcher
• Cat and dog sales banned at pet stores
•  Drone flyers can’t perv out anymore

(1:29:18) Break music: Amelia Wilcox - “Try Me”

https://ameliawilcox.bandcamp.com/track/try-me 

• Scumbag Map
• Woman arrested for threatening middle school staff
• Rutland hit and run
• Retail theft crackdown
• High speed chase in Brandon
• Embezzlement from a Rutland Subaru dealership
• Danby attempted shooting
• Teen shot in Enosburgh
• The opposite of a drive by

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On this week’s show:

• Happy National Pig Day
• Lawmakers on verge of doing something cool…..then form a committee instead
• Hackers affect pharmacies in VT
• Are we going cashless?
• Lets get that wealth tax going
• Statewide teacher shortage
• Sunscreen at school
• Barre Montessori kids finally getting out of the basement
• Green Mountain scam calls
• UVM to unveil logo rebrand 
•  Update to Main Street project
•  Ghost guns
•  Thousands of trees to be planted in Vermont
•  Refugees need money for housing

 (59:27) Break music: Jason Roe - “How Will They Know?”

https://jasonroe.bandcamp.com/track/how-will-they-know 

• Vt. town struggles to stop trucks from hitting covered
•  Rutland parking debacle
•  City Market cracking down on parking
•  Plainfield needs a tech upgrade
•  Whatchu know bout Plainfield, VT? 
•  Brattleboro Subaru gives kids coats
•  Old teens voting in Brattleboro
•  Randolph kids bring local history to life
•  Pickleball takeover
•  Collaborative div orces
•  Cryptcelium
•  Ruth Bader Ginsburg show comes to the Flynn
• The Vermont Town Meeting moderator who’s fighting for a ‘good clash’ 

(1:58:20) Break music: Technicolor Ltd - “Drive On By”

https://technicolourltd.bandcamp.com/track/drive-on-by 

• Scumbag Map
•  Whoops! - bullet shot into Vermont school
•  Listen director embezzlement
• Fairfax EMT arrives to work impaired
•  Decker Towers pepper spray incident
•  Police looking for bank robber in Essex Junction
•  15 yr old charged in Saint J shooting
•  Its always the IT guy
•  Man pulls a switcheroo on cops
•  Saint Albans crime round-up
•  Crime champion arrested in Burlington

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On this week’s show:

• Happy Hospitality Workers Appreciation Day
• Ukranian man behind UVMMC hack
• UVM ER wants everyone to chill
• 3000 people show up for a ski jump competition 
• Injured skier denied claims
• 90 year old claims skiing is secret to long life
• VT on track to become a blue zone
• VT lawmakers consider decrim inalizing psilocybin, according to the Marijuana Moment
• New bill would criminalize violence against pregnant women
• Joe’s Pond Ice Out is back
•  Child hospitalized following Lake Memphremagog ice rescue
•  Lady pilots? Believe it when I see it

 (54:15) Break music: The Brake Lights - “Eureka”

•  Burlington church selling rooms cheaper than hotels
•  They’re closing the Salisbury, VT fish hatchery
•  Omnibus motor vehicle bill
•  VT senate considers anti-hair discrimination bill
•  AI in dental offices
•  Milton police get drones
•  Rutland coalition wants to clean up Rutland
•  Punk rock flea market returns to Rutland
• Feds award $1.5 billion to GlobalFoundries, 
•  Burlington’s queen of mah-jongg
•  Colossal Sanders
•  New podcast rival

(1:59:46) Break music: Wool See - “Just Called”

• Scumbag Map
•  Teenager goes airborne
•   Ex-Caledonia police captain banned from police work 
•  Voyeur cop loses certification
•  Woman found dead was strangled
•  Man with knife causes 2-hour standoff in Old North End
•  Chronic car thieves at Decker Towers
•  Police looking for suspicious truck in Topsham robbery
•  VT lawmaker accused of drunk driving
• The Fascinating Ancient Art of Dowsing and Vermont Dowsers
•  Transporting animals on planes is about to get waaaaay more expensive
•  Bobi, the Portuguese mastiff, loses his title

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On this week’s show:

• Happy International Flirting Week 
• Valentine’s day bandit
• Burlington election will include ranked-choice voting
• The Fight for Decker Towers
• Vermont cannabis industry asking for changes
• How Burlington is preparing for influx of eclipse visitors
• VT adoptees can now access birth records
• Health commissioner argues to keep mobile devices in schools
• New law attempts to address car break-ins
• Vermonter - new fastest woman alive
• Pop-up dental clinics
• Rutland dentists fight for fluoridation
• We missed free ice fishing day - thanks a lot, Glo

 (1:05:19) Break music: Toadstool and Rico James - “One Long Bad Day”

• Vermont roadside pun writers
• A riverfront oasis in….Bellows Falls?
• Short-term Rental Property Owner Seeking Permit For ‘Party House’ 
• Miss Vermont Earth 
• TomGirl Kitchen closes
• Burlington 5 year-old selling pot holders
• SUV bursts into flames in Brandon
• We need a ruling - how do you pronounce Concord?

(1:40:13) Break music: Moondogs - “Switchback”

• Scumbag Map
• Scumbag averted - police thwart would be Plattsburgh hospital shooter
• Woman arrested after alleged school bus DUI crash 
• Facing DUI charge, Addison County state’s attorney plans to
• Bellows Falls man arraigned for assault, cruelty to child, DUI 4 
• Alleged Child Porn Man Now Charged With Sexual Assault
• Thousands Of Dollars In Tools Taken In Fairbanks Museum Robbery 
• Vernon man accused of domestic assault held without bail
• Mysterious substance in an Enosburgh mailbox
• NY man hid snakes in his pants

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On this week’s show:

• Happy National Read in the Bathtub Day 
• FL / TX trip highlights and lowlights
• VT Lawmakers decry disturbing patterns of homophobia
• And anti-semitism at Jay Peak
• Judges leaving financial disclosures blank
• Montpelierians can get mail again
• Qualifications for local officials? Nah. 
• A bad police story - ketamine version
• Good cop story
• Bad cop story - hot mic
• Burlington 30 million dollar renovation
• The downtown BTV hotel switcheroo

(1:08:24) Break music: Rivan - “Get Ya Money”

•  Prosecutor - police beef in Addison county
• Rare sheep to be bred on VT farm
•  Lumber thieves
•  Install a cell antenna in an old Williston church?
• Burlington Cathedral to get demolished
•  Rutland mayor is bringing back the movies
• Hardwick Gazette goes on-profit
•  New protections if you get towed?
•  VT teachers union against dyslexia screenings 
• Vt. lawmakers consider new protections for people who get towed
• Artistic ice shanties
•  Are we dating the same guy? Facebook groups

(2:08:21) Break music: Fried by Flouride - “Rest in Peace”

• Scumbag Map
•  Banyai still in the wind
• Plot to kill Mass. Teen
•  Eden man person of interest in Mass. shooting
•  Suspicious death in Pownal
•  DUI crash and assault
•  Second high speed chase in a decade
•  Series of burglaries in Walden, VT
• Pilot accused of stalking woman in Vt., NY by
•  Bakersfield burglar
•  Whatchu know ‘bout Bakersfield, VT?
•  Scofflaw chronic litterer in Georgia area
•  Suspected spy pigeon cleared by Indian authorities

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Not a normal show. This is a collection of very short clips from shows 107-142. If you don't like a clip, just wait a few seconds. 

We return to our normal routine next week - can't wait!

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This is not a typical show. This is an episode full of ramblings, half ideas and chatter during our breaks. It's fun, but its not coherent. 

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On this week’s show:

• Happy National “Whipped Cream” Day
• Burlington celebrates New Year’s Eve with Champ effigy
• VT tops moving destinations list
• Central Vermont legislators to introduce omnibus flood relief bill - VTDigger
• COVID highest in a year
• Sheriff accused of assault will not have trial moved to home county, judge rules
• BPD 2023 police report
• Tunbridge Trails battle rages on
• CT woman heads to VT for aid-in-dying law
• Scott administration urges Vermont lawmakers to address crime 
• Cops look to stop retail theft
• Former (way former) Wilmington elementary school student suing Monsanto
•  DEC reminds Vermonters of the “no flush” list

(1:05:23) Break music: MavStar feat. Subtex - “Elixir of Life”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjZ7IgM8Ee8&ab_channel=Mavstar-Topic 

•  Self-defense in road rage case
• Lyndonville ambulance damaged in crash while answering a call
• Are investments in nursing shortage working?
• Program expands training in Ultrasound
• Some Cabot products removed from shelves amid labor shortage
• Snowless downtown Burlington is shown with ice-free Lake Champlain. 
•  Is the Esteyville bandstand worth saving?
•  The menu that won the golden ladle
• Brattleboro’s mun icipal EMS takeover plan may face state review 

(1:57:19) Break music: Lance Mills - “Lordy Lordy”

https://lancemills.bandcamp.com/album/green-mountain-saturday-night 

• Scumbag Map
• The Walgreens Smoking Bandits strike again
• Weapons stolen in NEK
•  Second Mass. man found with guns and drugs in Barre
•  NJ man arrested for Shaftsbury shooting 
• Slate Ridge owner on the lam
• Vt. drug trafficking kingpin sentenced to 12 years in prison 

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On this week’s show:

• Happy New Year’s Eve
• Poll finds Vermonters bullish on governor, sour on lawmakers 
• Joan Shannon wins Democratic nomination for Burlington mayor 
• Frustration mounts over ongoing VT unemployment claim dysfunction
• Cost to upgrade VT IT systems
• Burlington homelessness - fires, safety and national rates
• How much is a bulldozer?
• 2023 was Burlington’s warmest year on record (until next year)
• 200+ terminally ill Vermonters qualified for the state’s aid-in-dying law in
• Vermont selects sports betting operators 
• Lawmakers hope to address court backlog
• Vermont sheriffs call on John Grismore, to resign
• Are Vermont’s workforce investments paying off? 
• Burlington Suspends Rental Permit for Notorious Church Street property

(1:15:02) Break music: Keegan Bowen - “Fragrance-52”

https://keeganbowen.bandcamp.com/track/fragrance-52 

• Glad in Plaid: Gene Richards
• Judge Moves Vermont Family's Wrongful Death Lawsuit to Religious
• Backstory: This Year's 'Funniest Fact-Check' - Teats vs Tits
• Judge apologizes for weird comment to victim
• Norwich town board loses open meetings lawsuit, spends 100k
• Brattleboro to take McNeill's Brewery land 
• Should we buy a brewery
• Brattleboro principal gets duct taped to a wall for charity
• Local retailers rejoice over improved holiday sales 
• Put away the guillotines 
•  VT Ninja Warrior Training Center

(2:08:10) Break music: The Coldwell Conspiracy - “Not for Me, You”

https://thecoldwellconspiracy.bandcamp.com/track/not-for-me-you-2 

• Scumbag Map
• People keep stealing signs in Waterford
• Whatchu know ‘bout Waterford, VT?
• Banyai still on the lam
• Vt. man sentenced to 5 years in federal weapons case 
• Police identify Newport man killed in Christmas Day stabbing 
• Lady car thieves in Milton - lock them the F up
• Enosburg Walgreens robbed
• Kohl’s retail theft ring
• Meet Mojo, crime-sniffing dog
• The year in Google searches

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On this week’s show:

• Happy National Pawnbrokers Day! 
• Chittenden County Landlords Are Evicting at a crazy rate
• Paying homeless kids is working out so far
• Ballint votes “present” on condemning anti-semitism
• Santa flying by UVM Medical Center
• After Slate Ridge inspection, judge reissues 
• Maybe that stabbing was a big misunderstanding
• Vermont’s foster care IT system predates the internet 
• 2 off-duty Burlington cops cited for speeding on motorcycles  

() Break music: Alex Pastuhov - “Single and Young”

https://alexispastuhov.bandcamp.com/track/single-and-young 

• Barre trying to designate village centers
• Large empty lot in Newport
• Zenbarn buys Curaleaf
• History: Thomas Young deserves his flowers
• Center for Cartoon Studies under contract to buy third White River Junction building
• BETA Technology sells aircraft to Air New Zealand
• Truck in river on fire in Irasburg, VT 
• Danville gets legit Chinese

() Break music:  in.stinct - “gloria”

https://instinctclaps.bandcamp.com/track/gloria 

• Scumbag Map
• Gun found near Hinesburg school
• Montpelier gun violence art exhibit
• Truck stolen in Berlin
• Bennington man arrested 3 days after release
• Rutland man denies ghost gun charge
• Conn. man charged in connection with fatal shooting in Vt. 
• Dog respiratory disease

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