VSEA Legislative Committee Chair Dr. Leslie Matthews and Executive Director Steve Howard led a press conference at the State House to roll out VSEA’s alternatives to the Governor’s cuts-only strategy that is failing Vermont year after year. VSEA’s announced plan includes four concrete avenues to generate new revenue for Vermont, and as Matthews and Howard said, "the Governor has said often that he is open to any and all ideas to prevent more cuts to services and jobs, and today we are here to present some new ideas. Hopefully, the Governor and lawmakers will listen and work with VSEA and the supporting groups here today to change the debate in Montpelier and ask the Vermonters who have benefited most during Vermont’s economic downturn to do more."
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The administration has proposed a mix of painful budget cuts, and some new revenue, to close Vermont’s $112 million current services budget gap. Unfortunately, the governor’s budget “balance” between new revenue and devastating cuts is heavily skewed toward the latter, with less than $30 million in new revenue being dedicated to funding current services budget gaps.
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Big thanks to the Vermont AFL-CIO for issuing the following statement of support for VSEA members.
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More than 100 VSEA members came to the State House on February 17 to lobby lawmakers to reject the State’s proposed service and job cuts and instead identify new revenue sources to ensure the continuation of quality public services like those being delivered daily to Vermonters by 911 Emergency Dispatchers, Community High School of Vermont (CHSVT) educators, Vets’ Home caregivers and Judiciary and State Colleges’ workers.
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