Vermont Is Pricing Out Its Own People | Aly Richards

CHAPTERS 0:00 Who is Aly Richards? 01:10 I showed up at Aly Richards's house 01:38 Why Aly Richards is running for governor 02:58 From advocate to chief executive? 03:43 Knocking doors in Brattleboro 07:57 Fact-checking Aly Richards's origin story 09:14 But what does she actually stand for? 09:42 The ice cream truck 10:31 What Act 76 (childcare) actually did 14:10 Her pitch: education, health care, and a plan 16:00 Rural Vermont, Act 181, and trust 18:13 Housing and the "canary in the coal mine" 21:22 The economic action plan — and the hard math 24:35 On the campaign trail 25:45 Energy, climate, and data centers 29:40 Running against Phil Scott 32:00 Where the race stands 32:43 My honest take on Aly Richards 36:42 Aly Richards is Leslie Knope in real life If you're looking to find my Substack where I publish weekly comics and essay about Vermont, go here: https://substack.com/@morgangold If you want to buy my new book, go here: https://bit.ly/dirtrichliving Substack: https://substack.com/@morgangold? Twitch:   / goldshawfarm   Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/goldshawfarm... TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMJAS5CCa/ Instagram:   / goldshawfarm   Facebook:   / goldshawfarm   Twitter:   / goldshawfarm   Patreon:   / goldshawfarm   Web: http://www.goldshawfarm.com I knew next to nothing about Aly Richards, the current frontrunner to be Vermont's next governor — so I showed up at her house to find out who she actually is. This is a day on the campaign trail with her: knocking on doors in Brattleboro, talking childcare and Act 76, housing, health care, and the question nobody can avoid — can anyone actually beat Phil Scott? Can Aly Richards beat Amanda Janoo in the Democratic primary? At the end, I give you my honest take. Aly Richards spent the last decade running Let's Grow Kids and helped push through Act 76, the law that overhauled how Vermont funds childcare. Now she's making the leap straight from advocacy to running for governor. I went canvassing with her, sat down for a long interview, fact-checked her origin story, and tried to work out whether the substance holds up. I came in a skeptic. Where I landed surprised me.