207: Snip Snip, We Had Wildfires? and a New Immigration Test

On this week’s show:

• Happy National Gazpacho Day
• Adam hates Front Porch Forum
• Vermont endures record fall wildfire damage
• 100 acres in SoBu now protected
• Phil Scott cuts down his own xmas tree
• Sanders, Welch and Balint seek reversal of decision to cut hours at Vermont 
• Layoffs begin at federal immigration center in Essex. Employees fear more 
• UVM Medical Center  rally against cuts
• Spay/neuter program saves money for pet owners
• Forest Service issues draft management plan for 72,000 acres in Rutland
• Visits to Vermont’s state-owned historic sites reach 22-year high -
• Police say they believe Vermonter abducted in Philippines has died
•  Water Bond Could Cost Burlington $225 Million |
• Government Seeks New Owner for Montpelier's Federal Building |
• Cortina Inn sanctioned 
• Surveillance towers along the Canadian border

(54:38) Break music:  Tommy Crawford - “EVACUATION”

https://tommycrawford.bandcamp.com/track/evacuation

• Bernie Sanders look alike contest
• Do you want to join a VT school board? 
• No assistant attorney in Rutland
• Private fireworks show shut down
• First chicane season in Notch ruled a success 
• Brattleboro to get an expensive bridge
• Trouble ferments around Vermont distillery
• Canada Post strike will affect NEK folks
• You can drink outside at North Chair Brewing

(1:28:04) Break music:  Roost.World - “Get to Work”

https://roost.bandcamp.com/track/get-to-work-full-band 

• Scumbag map
• Thieves target Kia vehicl es in South Burlington
• Brattleboro woman, 22, pleads guilty to 13 charges
•  Violent Bennington Assaults
• Deadly shooting in Bristol
• Berlin burglar
• Stabbing suspect turns himself in
• Fake gun flashed in road rage incident
• Swanton man arrested after high-speed chase and crash 
• Fair Haven apartment blaze leads to resident’s arrest

Thanks for listening!

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Outro Music by B-Complex