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Candidate For Office
Anne Watson for State Senator
While I am a high school science and math teacher, a mom, and a union member, I come to this election as an incumbent state senator, having served as the chair of Senate Natural Resources and Energy. 96% of the bills that we passed out of that committee while I was the chair were bi-partisan. I bring a solutions-oriented view to my work as a senator. In the prior biennium, I was the co-lead sponsor of Vermont’s Climate Superfund law, which aims to hold big oil accountable for the costs of climate change that are currently being paid for by Vermonters. I also served as the Mayor of Montpelier and built a reputation for collaborative problem solving and listening.
We should advance reference based pricing for teachers to bring down those teacher healthcare costs. This would peg the costs that a hospital could charge to a percentage of the Medicare cost for that procedure. It would also be wise to see if we can further shift some of our special education costs on to Medicaid. Further, I did vote in favor of the 2026 education bill, which included a foundation formula. The formula, that determines how much a school district would receive, is linked to empirical data about best educational practices, and ensures that there is a group of experts reviewing that information, so that it’s not just in the hands of legislators. This doesn't go into effect until 2029.
1. I would love to see us move the timing of appeals to the time that a town plan is adopted, not at the back end of a project, just before it’s built. 2. I’ve heard that even after pouring millions of dollars into housing that we are losing more units to short-term rentals than we are building. If that’s true, then that means that we need to ensure that the money that we are putting toward new housing is not going toward short-term rentals. 3. I would love to see us reform our current use program to value different kinds of land stewardship. 4. These are just some ideas. I'm open to thinking creatively about this issue.
