"Timothy Dufresne said he has always been "race-oriented." But the Bennington-native’s views trended more and more radical with each day served in various out-of-state prisons."
VSEA DOC Members Have Been Warning About This Kind Of Transformation For Years Now.
From 5/10 VtNewsGuy Blog Post: "[Gov. Douglas] didn’t like what they had agreed on, he said, even though they had stripped out one small tax increase…
Called the “Domestic Production Deduction,” the tax break, according to the Center on Budget and Priorities, primarily favors “large corporations over small businesses.”
Another $2 million-plus to make up from somewhere. Wonder where?
E-mail sent today to members’ home e-mail addresses.
"Now the Legislature feels stuck. Many lawmakers don’t like the implementation plans, but the savings have already been booked, and they want to end the session this weekend. If they don’t get all of the efficiency savings they were counting on, they’ll have to make other cuts."
"[Legislators] must understand that [the State] will not miss any opportunity to cut more public services or come after state workers once again. It is incumbent on them to use the rainy day funds to prevent further decimation of our state government."