Dorset town meeting clash over ballot discussion rules
In Dorset a clash over Australian ballot items on Town Meeting Day stirs countywide interest. The Dorset Taxpayers and Voters Association sought debates on contracts, finances, and the fiscal year, but the town's moderator ruled no floor discussion of Australian ballot items is allowed, citing a Vermont Supreme Court decision.
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Dorset
Dorset Taxpayers and Voters Association
Selectmen
Manchester
Sydney J. Meachem
Vermont
Groton
Meachem
University of Vermont
Andrew E. Nuquist
General Assembly
John P. Stannard
Craig Wheaton-Smith
Pownal rejects Mt Anthony budget amid tax fears
Pownal School Board withholds endorsement of Mt Anthony Union High School budget, raising concerns over a 13.21 percent hike for 1976 77. Chairman Vincent Pizzano cites a 1976 77 step increment for teachers and argues the Mt Anthony board must cut staff and explain options to the community.
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Pownal
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Mt. Anthony
Pownal School
Vincent Pizzano
Bernard Bisson
Pizzano Friday
Bisson
Pizzano
Green Mountain
Pownal Elementary
Bennington Town Report 1975 Includes Budget Figures
The Banner prints the annual Bennington town report for 1975 with minutes from last year's floor meeting, various town fiscal reports, and comparative budget figures. It shows the Fiscal Year 1977 budget and a warning for the floor meeting at 7:30 p.m. March 1 at Bennington Elementary School, with ballot articles for Town Meeting Day March 2. The bicentennial themed report features the monument sketch and Bennington 76 flag. voters are urged to bring the report to the meeting.
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Bennington
Bennington ’76
Bennington Selectmen candidates face mild clashless forum
Bennington voters heard a sparse debate at a League of Women Voters forum as two candidates Morrissey and Perrott missed due to illness. Others reviewed town issues, stressing taxes, growth, water and sewer projects, and planning traffic flow. Subdistrict candidates Eastman Leake Harwood Carroll outlined priorities, with Eastman urging broadened services and immediate landfill action, Leake stressing firm town manager policy, Harwood warning about aging water lines, Carroll calling for Downtown Living Program coordination.
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Rob Woolmington
Bennington
Lorraine Eastman
Richard B. Leake
Eastman
Leake
Harold R. Saunders
June M. Carroll
W. T. Grant Co
Margaret Craven
Weather outlook with mixed precip across regions
Increasing cloudiness with snow likely in the north and rain in the south. Highs range from the mid 30s to mid 40s. Tonight the north sees snow and the south rain with temperatures in the 30s and mid 40s. Sunday rain tapers to occasional showers with highs in the 30s to low 40s.
Reagan says Ford offered two Cabinet posts in 1974 and 1975
Former California governor Ronald Reagan said President Ford offered him cabinet posts in 1974 and 1975. A White House spokesman confirmed the offers and Reagan noted personal reasons for declining. He spoke at a New Hampshire campaign stop amid remarks on Social Security and party unity.
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Manchster
N.H
UPI
California
Ronald Reagan
Ford
White House
Reagan
New Hampshire
Transportation
CIA
Donald Rumsfeld
Commerce
Republican Party
Ment
Vermont House Appropriations Okays Tentative Budget
The House Appropriations Committee approved a 1977 budget of 161 million dollars, about five million more than Gov. Salmon predicted, sending the bill to the House floor as a special order of business. One dissenter, Rep. Glendon King, pledged a floor fight.
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University of Vermont
Medical College
Community College of Vermont
UVM
Budget mood in Montpelier hinges on February revenue
The Montpelier legislature faces a budget crunch as February revenue data will define deficits and possible tax or spending changes. Gov Salmon projects an $8 million year end deficit, while critics foresee a smaller shortfall or even a surplus next year. Lawmakers seek clarity from the March revenue report to decide on taxes, cuts, or deficits.
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Salmon
Thomas Salmon
House
Richard Snelling
R-Shelburne
Snelling
House Appropriations Committee
Ways and Means
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Bennington Day-Care Center
Alan Jon Fortney
Joy Curtiss
Storyland
Dorset Simmers
Russ Garland
Judson Brown
Alden E
Corky’’ Harwood
Montpelier
Rod Clarke
Ures
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