Talk:Politics of Vermont

message: I was hoping to insert a template like Minnesota has, listing it's officers. But it's an uploaded template so that no one can fool with it. (Not a bad idea, once it's solid). I don't know how to download a copy nor to reproduce one. Can someone help?Student7 12:58, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Template?

message: We need a place somewhere in the Vermont panoply for some more details from the prestigidous, non-partisan Pew Report which gave Vermont a B- for 2008, not a bad mark. It has some real inconvenient truths in there (for either party) and the future however! Student7 (talk) 00:32, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Pew Report

message: Tried to move stuff down from Vermont article. Did not delete stuff there which needs it badly. This probably needs more reorg.Student7 (talk) 18:27, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Reorg

message: A judge ruled that double lines in a road are "merely advisory" a few years ago. Can't give a ticket for crossing them if that is the only "violation". Can't find reference to this. Student7 (talk) 12:24, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Crossing double lines

message: A lot of this stuff is non WP:TOPIC. It is about Elections in Vermont and belongs in that article. Elections is what people do (not Politics). The articles stop at the election. At which time "Politics" start. It is okay to say, "X Party passed Y legislation which was unpopular and they were voted out of office in the subsequent election." With references. But only the roughest election results are generally necessary here. Leave that for the Election article. This is about Act 250, Act 60, that sort of thing. Student7 (talk) 21:36, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Moved elections stuff to elections article. We are not a democracy. Our representatives conduct politics on our behalf (we hope). This is a record of what they have done. Not bar arguments or television arguments. That's "Elections" mostly. Student7 (talk) 00:15, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Non Topic

message: I expected to find a discussion of electoral politics and the exercise of political power in the formulation of legislation. Instead, what I see here is mostly a disorganized discussion of statutes. In my opinion, this article should not exist in Wikipedia, as written. It doesn't even conform to the definition of politics, found at the page on the subject: "Politics (from Greek: politikos, meaning "of, for, or relating to citizens") is the art or science of influencing other people on a civic or individual level. More narrowly, it refers to achieving and exercising positions of governance — organized control over a human community, particularly a state. A variety of methods is employed in politics, which include promoting its own political views among people, negotiation with other political subjects, making laws, and exercising force, including warfare against adversaries. Politics is exercised on a wide range of social levels, from clans and tribes of traditional societies, through modern local governments, companies and institutions up to sovereign states, to international level." User:HopsonRoad 00:52, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mostly not about politics 

message: Someone using an IP address made some unexplained edits at Politics of Vermont. They appeared to contradict the cited sources. Additionally, the editor placed a link to a site that does not "contain neutral and accurate material that is relevant to an encyclopedic understanding of the subject", per Wikipedia Wikipedia:External links. Nonetheless, the editor shows good-faith interest in the subject, so I hope that with experience he/she can learn the ropes of Wikipedia. Sincerely, User:HopsonRoad 21:45, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent edits 

message: Can we, for starters, agree that this is an encyclopedia, not television where the same thing is said several different ways over many sentences to make sure their (stupid) audience understands? "Every single" = "Every". We don't require two adjectives to modify election. WP:KISS. Student7 (talk) 19:38, 26 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Recent changes

message: I commented out a new section that, if properly sourced, appears to belong in Political party strength in Vermont. The contributor is working from an IP address, so it's impossible to tell wether it's the same contributor, who has been providing earlier material on this topic. I suggest reviewing the sources provided to see whether they come to the same conclusion as the material suggests. User:HopsonRoad 00:22, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I note that P. 264 in The Franco-americans of New England: Dreams And Realities Paperback – May, 2005 by Yves Roby  (Author), Mary Ricard (Translator) talks about the niche issue of language teaching in schools; it doesn't address the voting patterns of Franco-Vermonters. A search for "vote" in Finnigans, Slaters, and Stonepeggers: A History of the Irish in Vermont by Vincent Feeney in Google books had four hits, none of which pointed to general conclusions. The Princeton Encyclopedia of American Political History, edited by Michael Kazin, Rebecca Edwards, Adam Rothman describes ethnic patterns in Vermont on P. 535, but does not link them to voting patterns. P. 264 of Real Democracy: The New England Town Meeting and How It Works, By Frank M. Bryan only talks about Swanton and makes no generalities. User:HopsonRoad 00:46, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  New material on political party strength in Vermont 

message: Although the part in the article that mentions that Vermont banned billboards outright in 1968 is correct. The part where it mentions that all billboards were gone from the state by 1974 is incorrect. While searching the web, I stumbled across a photo of Bellows Falls from July 1976 showing a building having two billboards on top of it. It's unlikely that the date of the photo is incorrect, as the picture shows Canadian Pacific Railway No. 1293 pulling the Vermont Centenial Steam Train. The photo can be found in the link below.
http://photos.nerail.org/showpic/?photo=2018022719431324025.jpg&order=byrail&page=2&key=863&photoindex=0&maxpage=614&maxphotoindex=1&key2=
--JCC the Alternate Historian (talk) 19:50, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: A sharp eye for historical images, JCC the Alternate Historian! In fact, the law only banned off-site billboards. See: http://vnrc.org/resources/community-planning-toolbox/tools/billboard-and-sign-control/. On-site billboards, such as you see in the image that you provided would be subject to local zoning ordinances. Cheers, HopsonRoad (talk) 20:05, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Billboards in Vermont

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