Editorials on Rockingham Tax Plan Progress in Bennington
Editorials doubt full knowledge of the evolving Rockingham Tax Plan yet acknowledge Bennington selectmen agreeing to join the study. The plan proposes two new local taxes, one per acre for most town services and another on income for school costs, with no exemptions on the acreage tax and a shift to income-based school funding.
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Rockingham
Bennington
Vermont Budget and Management Department
Rockingham plan subject to study and clarification
The plan’s review notes confusion and grey areas including federal revenue sharing and state school support. It would replace property value judgments with service user charges, ensuring every user pays something. Further study is urged to compare Bennington’s current tax structure with the Rockingham plan and project burdens.
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Bennington
Rockingham
Vermont Democrats Face Candidate Shortage Across State
The Vermont Democratic party struggles with a thin field and minimal funds. Leaders floated unlikely options including Episcopal Bishop Harvey D. Butterfield and Sister Elizabeth Candon, but both declined. Sen. Charles Delaney dropped out, Patrick Leahy remains undecided, and Jeffords could switch parties to face Hackett in a bid for governor, a move that could risk GOP recapture.
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Vermont
Episcopal
Harvey D. Butterfield
Elizabeth Candon
Trinity College
Candon
Sen
Charles Delaney
Colchester
Chittenden County
Patrick J. Leahy
Fred Hackett
GOP
James L. Jeffords
Jeffords
Hackett
Cowles Seeks Reform as Vermont Human Services Boss
Montpelier secretary William Cowles Jr describes his top state post as minimal yet pivotal. The 49 year old architect oversees Corrections Health Mental Health Rehabilitation Social Welfare and the Office of Economic Opportunity guiding services through local groups while pushing preventive care amid a growing government role and tax costs.
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Cowles
Deane 0. Davis
Joseph W. Bett
Social Welfare
Jonathan Leopold
Lake Champlain Committee
Sierra Club
State Environmental Board
Bennington District
Pavwnal
Davis
Burlington
Theodore Roosevelt
Montpelier
Parable of Cowles and Vermont Ventures in Public Life
Commerent Tt weighs age and eligibility for a man while drive in banking is credited to cars. A parade shows Cowles easing Betit from work after Betit bypasses him to Davis. A federal contract smooths a feud, Cowles moves to Montpelier into state government, shaping the Vermont farm complex and a ski area. He grows apples started from 20 acres, later expanding to 40. He recalls backing into things and barking at new ventures.
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Cowles
Betit
Davis
Montpelier
University of Vermont
Sunrise to Sunset A Fourth Forever Lost
A reminiscence by a 44 year old recounting a 1904 Fourth of July in Jamaica village. He recalls quiet mornings, rural life, mowing for pennies, muskrat pelts, and a memorable disaster of firecrackers. He describes old field baseball along a swampy outfield and a parade tradition replaced by a modern suburb with urban fireworks.
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Jamaica
Saturday Evening Post
Rmuskrats
Kennedy Interview Highlights Possible McGovern Alliance
A Business Week Q A in 1872 discusses Sen Edward Kennedy praising Sen George McGovern and contemplates a Democratic coalition if McGovern falters. It outlines potential brokered support for a Kennedy-McGovern alignment and the risks of factional splits within the party.
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Washington
Business Week
Sen
Edward Kennedy
George McGovern
Miami
California
McGovern
Kennedy
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George MacGovern
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Wetter
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