Monday, September 28, 2020

Lieutenant Governor's race VT 2020

Ballot arrived Friday.  Looking through all the candidates.  VPIRG has a list of links to candidates' platforms, and VTDigger has a candidate guide.  

Wayne Billado III; Independent.  Covered in the Governor's race.

Ralph Corbo; Banish the F35s.  Answered VTDigger's questions, if extremely briefly.  In this VPR interview, he calls out a lack of leadership on issues.  I can sympathize with this take, but he doesn't seem interested in providing a vision of his own.

Cris Ericson; Progressive.  Chris has her own wikipedia page and a website with a pitch for each of the five races she's running in.  This feels more like a stunt than a serious endeavor.  Did not answer VTDigger's questions. 

Molly Gray; Democratic.   Answered VTDigger's questions in detail.  In addition to the other platforms, has a website with a clearly labeled Issues page.  The issues page is well-organized around four main themes, with a bulleted list of the main points under each theme, and further details for each point. 

Scott Milne; Republican.  Did not answer VTDigger's questions.  When I first looked at his website, I thought it would be policy-free, like Phil Scott's.  Then I glanced down his campaign FB feed and found this post that suggested he did publish a plan, but... the link was broken.  So I went back to his website and clicked on ProgressVT, which isn't clear that it's about his policy on issues, but whatever, I found it now, and it's a 35-page PDF organized around the acrostic "ProgressVT".  I'm really glad he took the time to lay out his plans, and there is a lot to agree with in here, but I have serious concerns about the organizational skills of a candidate who has broken links on their site and puts up a 10-point plan in the form of an acrostic in 2020.

Also see: the Governor's race

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