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Fair Game It's official. For real. Five Democrats are now running for governor. The latest candidate to enter is Senate President Pro Tem Peter Shumlin. He announced earlier today.
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It's officially, official: Senate President Pro Tem Peter Shumlin is running for governor. The Windham Democrat, who has been the Senate leader since returning to the post in 2007, enters an already crowded field of Democrats. Five candidates, including Shumlin,...
Fair Game It's been a long, rough week for Vermont State Auditor Tom Salmon. Last night, he was stopped by state police and charged with driving under the influence.
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State Auditor Tom Salmon is facing a charge of driving under the influence after a routine traffic stop in Montpelier Friday night. According to a police summary of the incident, Trooper Brandon Doll stopped Salmon around 10:30 p.m. Salmon was...
Fair Game This week's "Fair Game": A look at how a past personal financial crisis shaped Auditor Tom Salmon's political thinking today, and updates on the political landscape one year out from Election Day 2010.
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Fair Game Tonight's Burlington City Council meeting will feature resolutions on - what else? - Burlington Telecom. Plus a proposal to put a "laptop in every house." I guess now that we all have socialist healthcare we can move on to bigger and better things ...
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Tonight's Burlington City Council meeting will feature three resolutions addressing (what else?) Burlington Telecom. Also, this week will mark first meetings of two ad hoc committees created by the city council to delve deeper into the problems at Burlington Telecom....
Fair Game Too busy enjoying Saturday's warm weather to make it to the first "debate" between the five Democratic candidates for governor? Not to worry. I went and took some notes. Here's my recap.
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The first public forum between the five Democratic candidates for governor did little to distinguish the candidates from each other on environmental issues, but it's clear each would take a much different approach than outgoing Gov. Jim Douglas. I was...
Fair Game Addison County State's Attorney says he doesn't have enough evidence to bring lewd & lascivious conduct charges against Democratic State Sen. Ed Flanagan.
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No criminal charges will be filed against Democratic State Sen. Ed Flanagan, who this summer was caught masturbating inside a private men's locker room at the Greater Burlington YMCA. Acting Addison County State's Attorney Chris Perkett told Seven Days this...
Fair Game This week's "Fair Game": Did the media miss the signs of brewing financial fiascos in Montpelier & Burlington? Plus Burlington Telecom & political updates. Enjoy!
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Fair Game Here's a preview of tomorrow's legislative public hearing on how to best shore up the state's Unemployment Trust Fund. The Douglas administration is floating a new proposal that is — surprise! — upsetting some low-income and labor advocates.
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A new proposal by the Douglas administration to fix the state's battered unemployment insurance trust fund is expected to draw heat from opponents during a public hearing tomorrow. Throughout the summer, a special legislative committee has been gainfully employed looking...
Fair Game I know this is the burning question everyone has wanted answered during this whole Burlington Telecom debacle: Which city councilors subscribe to BT and which don't? I polled all 14 to find out.
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The ongoing debate in Burlington about the use of $17 million in city funds to keep its fledgling telecom utility afloat has taken up a lot of the political, and policy, discussion in the Queen City. One frequent, and fun,...
Fair Game City Council President Bill Keogh created two special city council committees as part of the ongoing probe into Burlington Telecom's finances.
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Burlington City Council President Bill Keogh Thursday formed two special panels to look into various aspects of Burlington Telecom, the first step in trying to get a handle on how it came to be that the city loaned the fledgling...