<p>What Class Are  You is a periodic series I make for<a href="https://www.vermontpublic.org/"> Vermont Public</a>. Thank you Vermont Public for letting me share this series with Rumble Strip. </p>

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Good conversation that takes its time, hosted by Erica Heilman.

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John Rodgers runs a construction business up in West Glover, Vermont most of the year. He runs a plow business in the winter. He rents properties, he runs a cannabis farm with his son, he's a stonemason. He's one of the busiest guys I know. And for sixteen years John served in the Vermont Legislature — eight years in the Senate and eight in the House. I met him on his farm, which has been in his family for about 200 years, and we talked about what it costs to be in the Vermont legislature, and some of the cultural tensions that he’s feeling in the state right now, as people with more money move to the state.

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