By Colin Meyn, includes “The Vermont Business Roundtable came to the Statehouse earlier this session with ideas: changing benefits structures, cost-sharing, and governance reform, among others. Almost no one bothered to attend their presentation. It’s no secret that if Democrats (or the Republican governor) backed that kind of reform they would immediately feel the wrath of the powerful state employee and teacher unions, which no one wants to do — especially in an election year. …”