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Burlington Free Press: Pro-tax, anti-tax protesters rally
Published April 16, 2009Kathy Kilcourse of Montpelier signed a mock tax form listing 17 “essential state programs and services” that the sponsors of the gathering — the Save Our State Coalition — want to spare from budget cuts during the economic downturn. The form said that if the average Vermont taxpayer paid just a dollar a month, all the listed services could continue. The services cited included keeping the courts open full time, maintaining frontline human service workers and continuing the cleanup of Lake Champlain.
Continue reading Burlington Free Press: Pro-tax, anti-tax protesters rallySeven Days: Fair Game
Published“The administration simply raises the bogeyman of ‘new taxes’ without saying how much, or what the alternative is, in terms of very real program cuts. It’s a scare tactic,” said Christopher Curtis
Continue reading Seven Days: Fair GameRutland Herald: Group urging VT to raise taxes to save programs
PublishedLeaders of the group say a tax increase of even a dollar a month could eliminate the need for cuts in Vermont’s proposed 2010 budget.
Continue reading Rutland Herald: Group urging VT to raise taxes to save programsSPOTLIGHT on Poverty
Published April 13, 2009Child Poverty Council Co-chairs Rep. Ann Pugh and Sen. Doug Racine spoke about the Council’s report at the April 6th Pathways to Economic Stability Summit.
Continue reading SPOTLIGHT on PovertyTimes Argus: Statehouse summit seeks way to gain jobs
Published April 7, 2009More than 100 people representing businesses, nonprofits and state government convened in the House chamber for the “Vermont Governor’s Summit: Pathways to Economic Stability.”
Continue reading Times Argus: Statehouse summit seeks way to gain jobsCommunities rally to save state from budget cuts
Published March 31, 2009WPTZ produced a segment about the S.O.S. rally in Middlebury.
Continue reading Communities rally to save state from budget cutsStatewide group protest budget cuts
PublishedAs the House Appropriations Committee dealt with its version of the state budget Monday, members of the Save Our State Coalition took to sidewalks and front steps across Vermont, urging lawmakers to oppose cuts to health care and human services proposed by the Douglas Administration.
Continue reading Statewide group protest budget cuts