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Cris Ericson - Tax Revolt 2024 with Write-in Candidate Cris Ericson for U.S. Senator of Vermont 09/20/2024

From Cris Ericson:

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders submitted a new bill in May 2024, S. 4406 End Polluter Welfare Act of 2024. Cris Ericson, Write-in candidate, agrees with some of the bill, but deeply opposes some of it. Bernie Sanders is sucker punching Vermonters who believe they are green hearted, but if you don't read all 69 pages of the bill you miss a major issue: This bill on page 12, Section 115, says any amounts made available to the Department of Transportation including the Federal Railroad Administration may not be used to provide financial assistance to any project that transports fossil fuels. That means Vermont homes will pay much high home heating fuel prices, so high many of us will freeze. Our green friends need to learn to read fine print. Most fossil fuels are transported by train into VT.

The part Cris Ericson agrees with is that we should not have money taken out of our hard earned paychecks to pay federal subsidies to the fossil fuel industry. Their top CEOs make millions of dollars annually in salaries and benefits. It is wrong to make the rich even richer at the cost of taxing struggling families and people earning minimum wage.  

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders submitted bill S. 4406 in May 2024 which bans federal subsidies for the fossil fuel industry, titled "End Polluter Welfare Act of 2024". On page 12, section 115 the bill explains that any amounts made available to the Department of Transportation, including the Federal Railroad Administration, may not be used to provide financial assistance to any project that transports fossil fuels. This clause in the bill means that the price of home heating fuel in Vermont will go sky high because most fossil fuels are transported to Vermont by train. Write-in candidate Cris Ericson explains what parts in U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders bill she agrees with, and which parts she believes are unethical, and why. She says reports on YouTube indicate aluminum for electric cars is made by forced labor in China and then moved to a different location and re-processed to conceal the alleged fact that it is made with Uydhur slave labor. She says that aluminum factories in Kentucky face unfair price competition. Cris Ericson explains the cobalt being mined in the Congo is in every lithium ion battery in every smart phone, tablet, laptop and electric vehicle, and that 3/4 of the cobalt come from the Congo in Africa where most of the mine workers are underage teenagers in sandals exposed to toxic cobalt dust, breathing it in, and working for a dollar a day for the Chinese who own most of the cobalt mines in the Congo. Cris Ericson says she drives a 1999 Chevy and just keeps getting it repaired because there are plenty of junk yards with parts. She can't afford a new electric car, so she wants to keep driving her gas powered car.
  

State Representative CHI 9, CHI 11, CHI 12 (Uncontested) General Candidate Forum 09/20/2024

Town Meeting TV presents a forum ahead of State-wide elections. Our forums give all candidates a chance to be seen and heard by a wide audience and give voters direct access to those candidates, and for voters to learn about items they will see on the ballot.

Candidates: Emilie Krasnow (D)* (CHI-9), Brian Minier (D)* (CHI-11), Martin Lalonde (D)* (CHI-12)

Moderator: Meghan O'Rourke

For more information about upcoming General Election 2024 coverage visit www.cctv.org/watch-tv/elections

State Representative CHI 16 (Two Seats) (Uncontested) General Candidate Forum 09/19/2024

Town Meeting TV presents a forum ahead of State-wide elections. Our forums give all candidates a chance to be seen and heard by a wide audience and give voters direct access to those candidates, and for voters to learn about items they will see on the ballot.

Candidates: Jill Krowinski (D)*, Kate Logan (P/D)*

Moderator: Kristine Lott

For more information about upcoming General Election 2024 coverage visit www.cctv.org/watch-tv/elections

General Election Promo 2024 09/17/2024

This promotional video was produced by Town Meeting TV to remind you to watch the Town Meeting TV election forums and results show on November 5th. Hosted by Bobby Lussier.

Election season is around the corner! Vermont's General Election is on Tuesday, November 5th. Town Meeting TV has the coverage you need to cast an informed ballot.

The offices to be elected in 2024 include:

  • At the federal level:
    • President and Vice President,
    • One of Vermont's two U.S. Senate seats for a 6-year term
    • Our Congress person in the U.S. House of Representatives for a 2-year term,
  • And in Vermont state government:
    • Governor,
    • Lieutenant Governor,
    • Attorney General,
    • all (30) State Senate seats,
    • all (150) State Representative seats,
  • And many more.

Absentee ballots for the November 5, 2024, general election will be automatically mailed to all active registered voters, no later than October 1, 2024.

Before you vote, you can hear directly from the candidates by watching candidate forums and other election coverage on Town Meeting TV. We will host candidate forums right here in this studio, and we'll invite all candidates, including uncontested races, running in Burlington, South Burlington, Winooski, Williston, Essex, Essex Junction, and Colchester for the General Election in November. Our live candidate forums give you the opportunity to call in and ask a question directly to the candidates. So check the schedule, tune in, and call in!

Town Meeting TV is also your local source of election results and analysis. We'll have our LIVE election night  results show on November 5th shortly after the polls close.

You can watch Town Meeting TV’s election coverage on cable channels: Comcast 1087, Burlington Telecom Channels 17 and 217, and on YouTube at YouTube.com/TownMeetingTV, and find highlights from our coverage on our Facebook and Instagram feeds.

For Town Meeting TV's primary election forum schedule and more information, visit cctv.org/general, and don't forget to vote on November 5th. 

State Representative CHI 22 (Two Seats) (Uncontested) General Candidate Forum 09/13/2024

Town Meeting TV presents a forum ahead of State-wide elections. Our forums give all candidates a chance to be seen and heard by a wide audience and give voters direct access to those candidates, and for voters to learn about items they will see on the ballot.

Candidates: Karen Dolan (D)*, Lori Houghton (D)*

Moderator: Bobby Lussier

For more information about upcoming General Election 2024 coverage visit www.cctv.org/watch-tv/elections

State Senate CHI CT (Three Seats) (Uncontested) General Candidate Forum 09/12/2024

Town Meeting TV presents a forum ahead of State-wide elections. Our forums give all candidates a chance to be seen and heard by a wide audience and give voters direct access to those candidates, and for voters to learn about items they will see on the ballot.

Candidates: Martine Larocque Gulick (D)*, Phil Baruth (D/P)*, Tanya Vyhovsky (P/D)*

Moderator: Romeo von Hermann

For more information about upcoming General Election 2024 coverage visit www.cctv.org/watch-tv/elections

State Representative CHI 14 (Two Seats) (Uncontested) General Candidate Forum 09/10/2024

Town Meeting TV presents a forum ahead of State-wide elections. Our forums give all candidates a chance to be seen and heard by a wide audience and give voters direct access to those candidates, and for voters to learn about items they will see on the ballot.

Candidates: Barbara Rachelson (D/P)*, Mary-Katherine Stone (D)*

Moderator: Debbie Ingram

For more information about upcoming General Election 2024 coverage visit www.cctv.org/watch-tv/elections

Cris Ericson - 2024 Pot & Bong Laws by Write-in Candidate Cris Ericson for U.S. Senator 09/04/2024

From Cris Ericson:

Cris Ericson discusses current Vermont and federal cannabis marijuana laws under Vermont Statutes and United States Codes. She complains that U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders has had a long time to do anything about repealing federal marijuana laws, and he hasn't, so she thinks he is bluffing. She says Bernie has been in office longer than some voters have been alive, and she wants you to give her a write-in vote for U.S. Senator because she believes she can do what Bernie promised, but has not done in all the years he has been in office.

Primary Election Results 2024 Recap 08/14/2024

Town Meeting TV's Bobby Lussier and Drew Darrow provide a recap of the primary election results. For official election results from the Secretary of State's office, visit www.electionresults.vermont.gov.

You can watch Town Meeting TV’s election coverage on cable channels: Comcast 1087, Burlington Telecom Channels 17 and 217, and on YouTube at YouTube.com/TownMeetingTV, and find highlights from our coverage on our Facebook and Instagram feeds.

For Town Meeting TV's primary election forum schedule and more information, visit cctv.org/primary. 

Senator Bernie Sanders: Senator Sanders at the Polls 08/13/2024

From the Office of Senator Bernie Sanders:

Senator Bernie Sanders casts his vote today in the Vermont primary at the Robert Miller Community and Recreation Center in Burlington.

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