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Letters and Events 11 – 5 – 2012

November 5, 2012

Libya What to say about a President who refers to the grizzly murders of our Libyan Ambassador and three other brave Americans as, “Not optimal”. Who thinks like that? Upon learning about this well executed and pre-planned attack, Obama failed to attend his security briefing the next morning, and instead winged to Vegas for a [...]

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Letters and Events 10 – 9 – 2012

October 9, 2012

Vermont Yankee: A Resource to the Three State Region Vermont Yankee is a resource to the three state region and provides many benefits that go beyond Vermont’s borders. It’s continued operation affects many more people than those who live in Vermont, or in the towns immediately surrounding the plant. Vermont Yankee provides essential electric power [...]

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Green Mountain Patriots monthly meeting

October 5, 2012

WhenSat, October 6, 9am – 11am WhereWoodstock Kitchens Essex Junction (near the five corners) (map)

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Events 9 – 25 – 2012

September 25, 2012

Thursday September 27:  The Lamoille County Republican Party will host the Biannual Meritorious Awards Dinner, September 27, 2012 at 5:30 PM at the Green Mountain Technical Career Center, 738 Route 15 West, Hyde Park (between Morrisville and Johnson). The tickets for dinner are $25 per person, $40 per couple, and $180 for a table of [...]

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Letters and Events 9 – 14 – 2012

September 14, 2012

Entergy lawsuit not surprising I’m not the least bit surprised by Entergy’s lawsuit fighting the $12 million tax on Vermont Yankee. This selective, punitive tax targets one company, a large Vermont employer at that, and imposes a charge for continuing to operate in Vermont. Time and again, the Shumlin administration and our legislative leaders express [...]

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Letters and Events 9 – 12 – 2012

September 12, 2012

Shad and Vermont Yankee Once again, the Connecticut River Water Council (CRWC) is trying its best to make Vermont Yankee the bad guy. This group, which according to its annual report is supported financially by an anti-Vermont Yankee charitable foundation, says Vermont Yankee’s heated water discharge may be hurting the Connecticut River shad population. Marine [...]

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Letters and Events 9 – 10 – 2012

September 10, 2012

What’s our real deficit The last week of June was memorable because of the Supreme Court’s Obamacare verdict but another decision by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) to completely rewrite the rules for pension accounting and reporting was ignored. Both will have a profound impact. The GASB ruling requires net pension obligations be included [...]

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Letters and Events 9 – 9 – 2012

September 9, 2012

Vermont’s “representatives”  are not representing Vermont Vermont Law School has received a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. State Department to support a three-year project designed to improve environmental and public health in China. The project’s goal is help legal advocates, citizen groups, NGOs and government agencies to act individually and together within Yunnan Province [...]

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Events – 9 – 7 – 2012

September 7, 2012

Saturday September 8: Green Mountain Patriots monthly meeting 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM at the Essex Grange - 116 Center Road Essex Junction, Vermont Next to Frank’s Motorcycles (Near the intersection of route 15 and route 128)  Contact info. Saturday September 15: 2nd Constitution Day Celebration in St. Albans 11 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. at Taylor Park Rain [...]

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Letters and Events 9 – 4 – 2012

September 4, 2012

Vermont Yankee creates job opportunities. According a July announcement from Governor Shumlin, his office will be working to promote job opportunity in Vermont to encourage Vermonters to come back to the area to work, or consider staying here to work. Promoting job opportunities at Vermont Yankee would be a good place to start. With more [...]

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