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contrary-contrarian t1_j9txjhu wrote

Reply to comment by HappilyhiketheHump in Senate panel advances major housing bill, overhauling municipal zoning and Act 250 by DaddyBobMN

Now match your policy goals with Vermont's political climate.

I agree with many of your proposals but the issue with governments is they are governed by politicians. Vermont has a citizen legislature with no dedicated staff assigned to the legislators. The majority of whom are not educated enough or savvy enough to fully understand the ramifications of complex land use and zoning issues.

It is going to take small steps of improvement to get anywhere. This bill is a leap in terms of Vermont making progress. It's not perfect by any means but it is much much better than nothing.

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HappilyhiketheHump t1_j9u4bxu wrote

Except it doesn’t change the major problems and adds levels of government regulation at the regional level.

So very frustrating.

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contrary-contrarian t1_j9udaxd wrote

I agree it doesn't make major changes. As I noted those are unfortunately politically untenable.

However, it doesn't add levels of regulation, it removes them.

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