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		<title>Allbee: Increase in Current Use penalties would hurt farmers</title>
		<link>http://vtdigger.org/2010/06/04/allbee-increase-in-current-use-penalties-would-hurt-farmers/</link>
		<comments>http://vtdigger.org/2010/06/04/allbee-increase-in-current-use-penalties-would-hurt-farmers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 22:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Galloway</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Roger Allbee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vermont Department of Agriculture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The financial strains and uncertainties our farmers are facing, especially dairy farmers, is unprecedented. The economic recession that has impacted many of us has perhaps hurt our rural communities more than others. H.485 would impose additional taxes and requirements on our agriculture sector at a time when they are struggling under already significant burdens.]]></description>
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		<title>Smith, Shumlin: No special session to override veto of Current Use bill</title>
		<link>http://vtdigger.org/2010/06/02/smith-shumlin-no-special-session-to-override-veto-of-current-use-bill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 09:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Press Release</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digger digest]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jim Douglas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Shumlin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shap Smith]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 1, 2010 CONTACT: Tom Cheney, (802) 828-2245 Gretchen Kruesi, (802) 828-3806 Speaker Smith and Senate President Pro-Tem Shumlin Announce Decision to Not Return to Override Veto of Current Use Bill Montpelier, Vt. – Speaker Shap Smith and Senate President Pro-Tempore Peter Shumlin announced today that the legislature will not return to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smith, Shumlin &#8220;puzzled&#8221; by governor&#8217;s veto of current use bill</title>
		<link>http://vtdigger.org/2010/05/28/smith-shumlin-puzzled-by-governors-veto-of-current-use-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://vtdigger.org/2010/05/28/smith-shumlin-puzzled-by-governors-veto-of-current-use-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 12:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Press Release</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digger digest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Current Use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Douglas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Shumlin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shap Smith]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For Immediate Release: Contact: Thomas Cheney, Office of the Speaker (802) 233-1378 Gretchen Kruesi, Office of the President Pro Tem (406) 570-8586 Speaker and President Pro Tem celebrate enactment of landmark health care reform bill and voice disappointment with failure to address concerns on Current Use Montpelier, Vt. – Senate President Pro Tem, Peter Shumlin, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Percent of land area in Current Use</title>
		<link>http://vtdigger.org/2010/05/25/percent-of-land-area-in-current-use/</link>
		<comments>http://vtdigger.org/2010/05/25/percent-of-land-area-in-current-use/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 12:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Healy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy and the Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Current Use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Healy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stone Environmental]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vermont]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Of communities with a larger than 60% of land area in current use, 7 of the 22 are farm-based. The rest of the list is primarily forested communities. ]]></description>
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		<title>Towns call on governor to support Current Use legislation</title>
		<link>http://vtdigger.org/2010/05/20/towns-call-on-governor-to-support-current-use-legislation/</link>
		<comments>http://vtdigger.org/2010/05/20/towns-call-on-governor-to-support-current-use-legislation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 17:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Press Release</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Current Use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vermont League of Cities and Towns]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 19, 2010 Contacts: Steve Jeffrey, Executive Director, VLCT 802-229-9111 Towns Call on Governor to Support Current Use Legislation MONTPELIER, Vermont (May 19, 2010) &#8211; Today representatives from the Vermont League of Cities and Towns (VLCT) and the Vermont Assessors and Listers Association (VALA) strongly urged Gov. Douglas to sign H.485, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democratic gubernatorial candidates pledge to push renewable energy, support land conservation and shut down Yankee in 2012</title>
		<link>http://vtdigger.org/2009/11/08/democratic-gubernatorial-candidates-pledge-to-shut-down-yankee/</link>
		<comments>http://vtdigger.org/2009/11/08/democratic-gubernatorial-candidates-pledge-to-shut-down-yankee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Galloway</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Current Use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deb Markowitz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doug Racine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dubie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Dunne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Shumlin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susan Bartlett]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shumlin says he&#8217;ll announce candidacy Nov. 16 Editor&#8217;s note: Five Democratic candidates for governor answered questions about conservation, the Current Use program and renewable energy as part of a gubernatorial candidates&#8217; forum at the Environmental Action conference at Vermont Technical College in Randolph on Nov. 7, 2009. Eight to nine minute video clips follow of [...]]]></description>
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