This commentary is by Tom Evslin, of Stowe, a retired high-tech entrepreneur. He served as transportation secretary for Gov. Richard Snelling and stimulus czar for Gov. Jim Douglas.
The Vermont Legislature is playing an expensive shell game — and planning worse. The “equalized pupil” is the shell under which the pea is hidden.There are only two ways to avoid gargantuan property tax increases
Raise other taxes and create new taxes to support education. But there are many