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Virtual ADA Budget Ax?
One wonders, since, much like his predecessor, Governor Peter Shumlin cut much needed funding for vulnerable people with disabilities within his 2012 budget proposal (read: Douglas 2.0), whether he...
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New Thought of the Day (TOTD): Bureaucracy
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Time to Close VSH, Support Community Services
(cross-posted to Green Mountain Daily, here)*Updated*Governor Peter Shumlin recently declared his firm commitment to replacing the embattled Vermont State Hospital (VSH) with a new version of the same...
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Joseph Gainza's Letter to Governor Shumlin re: VSH
(cross-posted to Green Mountain Daily, here)Below is a copy of Joseph Gainza's e-mailed letter to Governor Peter Shumlin concerning the Vermont State Hospital (posted with direct permission from its...
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Thought of the Day (TOTD): Q&A
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Bethany Knight's Letter to Governor Shumlin re: VSH
Below is a copy of Bethany Knight's e-mailed letter to Governor Peter Shumlin concerning the Vermont State Hospital (posted with direct permission from its author):July 23, 2011The Honorable Peter...
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IMO: Need for Safer Roads Policies, Laws & Regulations
(cross-posted to Green Mountain Daily, here)On Banning of Cell Phone Use When Operating Moving VehiclesIn my opinion (IMO), ...All cell phone use as well as other such devices, whether hand-held or...
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Save Pete the Moose et al!
*Updated 3x* (view *Updates* below)Please help save Pete the Moose['s] as well as his friends today!Apparently there is a plan afoot by the State of Vermont and its Fish and Wildlife Department to...
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Beyond the Governor's Summit on Housing the Homeless
(cross-posted to Green Mountain Daily, here)Ongoing efforts concerning seriously as well as meaningfully addressing homelessness within Vermont:Yours truly has been serving on two different...
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Meanwhile, in Vermont ... (re: How do the homeless evacuate?)
In response to a blog post posted to Green Mountain Daily asking [h]ow do the homeless evacuate, which was mainly about people living homeless in cities and regions outside of Vermont along Hurricane...
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FEMA Is Not So Social: Public Relations Failure
(cross-posted to Green Mountain Daily, here)There were two huge Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) trucks and their crews parked near the Vermont State House yesterday afternoon (Tuesday,...
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Thoughts on Governing & Legislating
Below is the text of a lengthy comment of mine, slightly edited here for the purposes of clarification and readability, as otherwise posted to a blog post concerning matters related to governing and...
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Thoughts on "Government Accountability"
(cross-posted to Green Mountain Daily, here)Will be heading over to state house to listen in to the afternoon segment of the Government Accountability Committee meeting shortly. They are mainly focused...
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FEMA Trailers to the Rescue?
(cross-posted from Green Mountain Daily, here)(above subject header sounds like what should be the title of a song. blues anybody?)FEMA housing units headed to Vermont‘Superstructures’ may be needed...
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Archived Videos: Lobbying & Communications Bootcamp 2011
Common Good Vermont: Lobbying & Communications Bootcamp 2011 Part 1 of 2Presented by KSE Partners and Common Good Vermont. Lobbying & Communications Bootcamp took place at the State House in...
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Calling All Vermonters: Help Support 'A Defiant Dude'
*Updated* (see below)The THIS television network re-aired "Weird Al" Yankovic's movie UHF real early Sunday morning and it was enjoyable to watch once again.Watching "UHF" this time around happened to...
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Support 'A Defiant Dude' With "Eat More Kale" Flash Mobs
If everyone who supports Bo Muller-Moore and his cause who either has an "Eat More Kale" (EMK) tee-shirt or a sign or both were to schedule a photo/video opportunity flash mob -- or, rather, a smart...
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Yet Another Example of Election Year Politics?
*Updated* (scroll down to *Rolling Update* below)Vermont House ChamberPhoto by: Morgan W. BrownJanuary 4, 2012(click onto above image to view enlargement)Within a 7Days Blurt blog post posted early...
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Stop the presses!
(cross-posted from Green Mountain Daily, here)Yesterday (Monday, April 23, 2012), the political campaign of TJ Donovan, who is challenging incumbent Bill Sorrell in the Democratic primary for the...
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Could Election Year Politics Be Behind Veto of H.290?
Vermont State HouseApril 8, 2012Taken by Morgan W. Brown(click onto above image to view enlargement)*Updated* (with the usual edits)As I understand it, H.290 was a carefully crafted bill passed by the...
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