Geoff Battista
@geoffbattista.bsky.social
Moving to Vermont like
March 31, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Moving to Vermont like
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Over the past year, we’ve ramped up fact-checking, refocused on Vermont and prioritized quality over quantity. Now help us recruit new writers to share their views on the key issues facing the state.
VTDigger’s revamped opinion section is seeking new voices - VTDigger
Over the past year, we’ve ramped up fact-checking, refocused on Vermont and prioritized quality over quantity. Now help us recruit new writers to share their views on the key issues facing the state.
vtdigger.org
February 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Over the past year, we’ve ramped up fact-checking, refocused on Vermont and prioritized quality over quantity. Now help us recruit new writers to share their views on the key issues facing the state.
Reposted by Geoff Battista
The US DOT says it's planning to prioritize areas with high marriage & high birth rates for funding.
Our new analysis @urbaninstitute.bsky.social shows this would disproportionately fund:
—Communities with a higher white resident share
—Low-density areas
—High-income areas
—Car-dependent areas
Our new analysis @urbaninstitute.bsky.social shows this would disproportionately fund:
—Communities with a higher white resident share
—Low-density areas
—High-income areas
—Car-dependent areas
DOT’s Plan to Distribute Funding by Birth and Marriage Rates Would Leave Communities Most In Need Behind
If enacted, the new US Department of Transportation memo would prioritize funding to whiter, higher-income, more car-dependent areas over communities of color and people who walk, bike, or take public...
www.urban.org
February 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The US DOT says it's planning to prioritize areas with high marriage & high birth rates for funding.
Our new analysis @urbaninstitute.bsky.social shows this would disproportionately fund:
—Communities with a higher white resident share
—Low-density areas
—High-income areas
—Car-dependent areas
Our new analysis @urbaninstitute.bsky.social shows this would disproportionately fund:
—Communities with a higher white resident share
—Low-density areas
—High-income areas
—Car-dependent areas
New picture book:
February 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
New picture book:
I’ll be real: none of the Montpelier protest photos appear to show more than a couple hundred people.
February 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I’ll be real: none of the Montpelier protest photos appear to show more than a couple hundred people.
Defunding universal school meals is stupid. I skipped lunches as a child because I didn’t want to be seen using the subsidized meal ticket. Why impose that on today’s subsidized lunch kids? So a high-income homeowner can cut a quarter percent of their property tax rate?
February 3, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Defunding universal school meals is stupid. I skipped lunches as a child because I didn’t want to be seen using the subsidized meal ticket. Why impose that on today’s subsidized lunch kids? So a high-income homeowner can cut a quarter percent of their property tax rate?
The Old Gods of Vermont have the chance to do the funniest thing right now. ☄️ 💥
January 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The Old Gods of Vermont have the chance to do the funniest thing right now. ☄️ 💥
Licorice is good.
January 24, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Licorice is good.
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So proud of the great work happening in Minneapolis, which shows that boosting housing supply helps make homes more affordable.
December 3, 2024 at 3:02 PM
So proud of the great work happening in Minneapolis, which shows that boosting housing supply helps make homes more affordable.