April 1, 2024, Montpelier, Vermont — In a surprise announcement, Gov. Phil Scott told a hastily-assembled press corps (numbering in the mid-single digits) that he would sleep outside tonight.
“At a time when so many Vermonters are having trouble keeping a roof over their heads, they need to know their governor stands with them,” Scott said, standing outside the Statehouse clad in white shirt, tie, and tactical vest. “Therefore, I’m going to spend the night sleeping outside, here on the Statehouse lawn.”
As he spoke, a crew from the Department of Buildings and General Services was pitching a tent of the style depicted above. “At the same time, in order to perform my duties to the best of my ability as all Vermonters expect, I will require the fully-equipped, state-of-the-art ‘outdoor overnighting facility’ you see before you,” Scott added, as BGS staff hooked up a power supply and rolled in a 60-inch flat-screen TV, space heater, and mini-fridge.
Nearby, Vermont State Police troopers were setting up a mobile command post to maintain security for the nighttime hours. Floodlights were placed in a ring around the tent, pointed downwards and outwards to enhance security without disturbing the governor’s slumber.
The Vermont Office of Emergency Management was also there, erecting an eight-foot-high security fence in a wide circle about 100 feet away from the tent and topping it with razor wire.
When asked about the price tag for the one-night installation, a spokesperson said a cost estimate was not immediately available.
After the brief announcement, Scott returned to his office on the fifth floor of the Pavilion Building. When would he return to the tent for his overnight stay? His staff, citing security concerns, declined to give any further details.
The Vermont Political Observer. 
April Fool’s !!!!
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Great one! Ha, ha.
Actually, we would be so lucky to have something happen. Andthose folks at Emergency Management are gearing up for the great solar eclipse apocalypse next Monday. I feel very safe since my local town manager posted on FPF what I need to protect my self from the invasion. Have enough food and medicine to protect yourself from the hordes of flatlanders. Vermont Public featured a show where they interviewed folks from the Agency of Tranportaion and Emergency Management about the months of preparing they have done. We should feel so lucky to that there are enough staff to do this with the recent expose about staffing in state government.
John – A great April fool. Thanks Alison
Alison Clarkson Vermont State Senator, Majority Leader Windsor County District
It didn’t occur to me until April 2 that this was not a real stunt by Phil Scot. Honestly, it is the level of thought I expect ouf this bunch.
Il Sogno di Phil Scott (Phil Scott’s Dream)
Piero della Francesca
The only fool is the man sitting in the Vermont Governor’s chair.
Scott sleep outside with the unhoused?
Now that’s funny!
Not only does Scott lack marrow, substance and work ethic, independent thought, or the ability to solve problems, he’s never had a real job in his life. You know, a job where you actually have to provide value.
Scott has turned the dictum of, “The greatest form of social welfare is public employment” and turned the concept into a malingering racket.
Vermont is full of funny f*cks like Scott, who never had real jobs. Just look at Bernie Sanders.
No wonder Vermont is so deep in the SH!T.
Bernie has been on the front lines of real jobs before. He’s done his time pounding nails, for one. While I can’t say on Scott, who walked into a family business, Bernie does know what sweat is like.
Yeah, right. Wasn’t old Bernie kicked out of a commune because he wouldn’t do his share? Walter, you give a lot of credit to Bernie who is a man grown rich at the public trough. Love that house in North Hero, the one he doesn’t like to mention. And then there is Jane’s little tenure with Burlington College. Pound nails? More like pound sand.
Bernie “pound nails?” You’re joking, right? Is that another convenient story he related in yet another of his virtue-signaling fantasy publications?
Bernie couldn’t hang a door, let alone frame a Vermont dog house.
You got walking into a family a business right though. In Vermont that’s simply how politicians roll.
Consider another proud-without-cause-do-nothing-hack Vermont governor — Shumlin, who strolled into his family’s multi-generational profit generating scam in Putney — yet another mythical Vermont town in the midst of social decay, political chaos and miraculous ineptness.