By Steve Cormier on February 28, 2010
Only two candidates made an appearance; Dubie is a no-show, sends staffer to videotape forum.
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By Anne Galloway on February 23, 2010
The Second Vermont Republic’s platform is "left-libertarian, anti-big government, anti-empire, anti-war."
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Posted in Politicker | Tagged Dennis Steele, Radio Free Vermont, Second Vermont Republic, Thomas Naylor, Vermont Commons
By Anne Galloway on February 18, 2010
Koch, who proposed an amendment to scuttle the date change, said: "We can do a better job for our troops by using the technology available to us."
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Posted in Politicker | Tagged absentee ballots, Vermont election, Vermont legislature, Vermont primary
By Anne Galloway on January 26, 2010
Even for the most frugal, the reimbursement rates don’t appear to provide an opportunity for lawmakers to rake in big bucks.
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Posted in Budgetwise, Politicker | Tagged Joint Fiscal Office, Jon Margolis, Vermont legislature, Vermont News Guy
By Anne Galloway on January 15, 2010
Zuckerman, who says he would have had to raise $300,000 for the campaign, brings his three-month exploration of a race for lite gov to an end.
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Posted in Politicker | Tagged Progressive, Rep. David Zuckerman, Vermont legislature
By Dan Allen on November 15, 2009
Editor’s note: The Vermont Republican Party did not allow Vtdigger.org take video footage of its state committee meeting yesterday.
MONTPELIER – A Lyndon State College student made an unsuccessful bid to win a seat on the executive board of the Vermont Republican Party at the state committee meeting held at the Montpelier Elks Lodge yesterday.
John Kleinhans, a 19-year-old media and political science major and chairman of the Vermont College Republicans, stepped…
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Posted in Politicker | Tagged Brian Dubie, Gov. James Douglas, John Kleinhans, Rob Roper, Steve Larrabee, Tom Salmon, Vermont College Republicans, Vermont Republican Party
By Anne Galloway on November 15, 2009
Editor’s note: The Vermont Democratic Party held its fall festival, an annual fundraiser, at the Old Labor Hall in Barre last night. About 200 people attended the catered evening soiree. Sens. Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders spoke and Margaret Cheney read a letter from her husband, Rep. Peter Welch (he was away on a congressional visit to Pakistan). House Speaker Shap Smith, and Democratic candidates for governor Susan Bartlett, Matt…
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Posted in Politicker | Tagged Common Good, Deb Markowitz, Judy Bevans, Matt Dunne, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Patrick Leahy, Shap Smith, Susan Bartlett, Vermont Democratic Party, Vermont legislature, Vermont news
By Anne Galloway on November 14, 2009
Progs aggressively defend Burlington Telecom; push for 2010 shut down of Vermont Yankee
Editor's note: The Vermont Progressive Party Convention took place at the Old Labor Hall in Barre, Vermont, Nov. 14. Video excerpts of speeches on Burlington Telecom, Vermont Yankee, the state budget and health care follow. About 100 party regulars participated in the daylong event. The speakers included Martha Abbott, John Franco, Sandy Haas, Susan Hatch Davis and Tim…
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Posted in Politicker | Tagged Burlington Telecom, Rep. Sandy Haas, Rep. Susan Hatch Davis, Sen. Tim Ashe, Vermont legislature, Vermont Progressive Party, Vermont Yankee
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