Klar has used his battle with Randolph schools — on critical race theory and Black Lives Matter, transgender rights and equity — as his campaign’s clarion call. He’s betting that his rhetoric, which resembles nationwide conservative messaging, will resonate with his rural electorate.
He’s received a combined $4,500 from Republican mega-donor Skip Vallee and Vallee’s family and business; $1,580 from Burlington heiress Lenore Broughton; $1,400 from retired Wall Street executive and former gubernatorial candidate Bruce Lisman; and $200 from former Republican Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie.
“Mark MacDonald touts the hundreds of millions we spend on out-of-state fuels, but wants to spend hundreds of millions on out-of-nation solar panels and (electric vehicle) cars,” Klar wrote to VTDigger in an email, “all of which will end up in landfills, and which generate mountains of pollution AND Co2 in their manufacture and transportation.”