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As someone who is an endemic curmudgeon when it comes to coughing up personal information just because someone demands it, I got to wondering why the DLC could possibly care about illegal left turns.
Schubart: Candidates in full-throated song croon the wrong tune
Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Bill Schubart, a frequenter commentator for Vermont Public Radio. This piece first aired on VPR. To listen: http://www.vpr.net/episode/49338/ The gubernatorial campaign is under way, the fabulist hymnal is open and campaigners are in full-throated song, These are a few of my favorite things…. “As your Governor, I’m going to [...]
Page: Vermont Yankee is consistent with state’s values
Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Guy Page, executive director of Vermont Energy Partnership, which is funded in part by Entergy, the Louisiana-based corporation that owns Vermont Yankee. There is no question that Vermont Yankee offers Vermonters a good financial “deal”: plenty of low-cost power, more than 1,000 jobs and over $15 million annually in [...]
Racine: “Dubie deception is unacceptable”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Amy Shollenberger – 802-793-1114 August 30, 2010 amy@dougracine.com Racine Statement on Dubie Challenge Dubie deception is unacceptable RICHMOND, VT — I am challenging Brian Dubie today to fire his out-of-state consultants, who clearly have convinced hiim that he should use deceptive statements in an effort to boost his campaign. Vermonters deserve [...]
Dubie challenges Shumlin, Racine to 12 debates; attacks Dems as “pro-tax”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: August 31, 2010 Kate Duffy kate@briandubie.com (802) 735-8321 Citing Major Differences, Dubie Challenges Eventual Opponent to 12 Debates Essex Junction, VT – While the recount of the primary vote gets underway, Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie said he is eager to debate the eventual Democratic nominee, challenging his opponent to a series [...]
Progs name Hoffer as their candidate for Auditor
Mon, August 30, 2010 10:49:50 PM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – August 30, 2010 … From: Vermont Progressive Party FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, August 30, 2010 Vermont Progressive Party Contact: Morgan Daybell: (802) 229-0800 Montpelier –Fifty Progressives met in Montpelier on Saturday for their quarterly State Committee meeting. The Progressives nominated Doug Hoffer as their candidate [...]
Business group applauds Dubie’s jobs plan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Shawn Shouldice (802)498‐0059 NFIB APPLAUDS CANDIDATE’S PLAN FOR GROWING JOBS Small Businesses Encouraged by Dubie’s Plan to Reduce Taxes, Regulations Montpelier, August 30, 2010 ‐ All or part of the following may be attributed to Shawn Shouldice, who serves as the state director of the National Federation of Independent Business/Vermont, the [...]
Evslin to retire from state government
For Immediate Release: August 31, 2010 Contact: David M. Coriell (802) 828-3333 Chief Technology Officer Tom Evslin to Retire from State Government Montpelier, Vt. – Governor Jim Douglas announced today that Chief Technology Officer Tom Evslin will retire from state government on September 15. Evslin, 67, was recruited from retirement by Governor Douglas in March [...]
On video + story: Dubie says his 10-point economic plan is “on track”
Dubie: “The best social program is a good job. Only with a strong economy and good paying jobs can state government afford to pay for the services we value as a state.”
Douglas: Vermont must make responsible choice with federal education money
Using this one-time federal money to avoid tough decisions would not only leave Vermonters on the hook for $19 million or more in property tax increases next year, it would make it more difficult for the next governor and the next Legislature to advance necessary reforms to reduce property taxes.
