Adam Quinn is a paid political operative whose mission is to politically undermine the governor. This was more about him acting as a political operative to score political points. |
Addressing the issues of affordability is important to achieving the economic development goals that will be outlined (Thursday), establishing Vermont as a leader in key 21st century industries. |
Chris Graff is an extraordinarily well-qualified and well-respected journalist who has been serving the people of Vermont for many, many years. |
Frankly, one has to wonder why they would want to poison the well so early in the legislative session. |
Governor Douglas wants to put scholarships into the hands and savings accounts of a thousand families for the next year so they can be absolutely certain those resources exist when they decide where they're going to go to college. The Senate proposal is nothing but a stall tactic that fails to deliver what working families need. |
He is very proud of all of the maple producers who are contributing to the operation that we hope might, one day, eliminate fake syrup all throughout the world. |
He will propose a comprehensive plan to put higher education within reach of Vermont students and families. This is a plan that will benefit more than a generation of school students. |
He'll seek to fill the position as expeditiously as possible. |
His analysis of Sen. Bartlett's proposal is accurate. The governor's vision of making a Vermont college education affordable and accessible for every family is important to the long-term economic security of Vermont. It is the single best use of this available resource. |
His departure from the Associated Press is a real loss to the state and to journalism as a whole. The governor is saddened by the news. |
I feel it's a useful tradition. |
If we don't act now to get the next generation of Vermonters to go to school here and to work here and to help us grow our economy, by the year 2030 every single dollar generated by tax revenue will go to fund kindergarten through 12th-grade education and essential human services. That means there would be no money left for anything else. |
It cannot be a new government-run system. |
It's a fig leaf. It's covering up their unwillingness to commit to the Vermont Promise Scholarship. |
It's a thoughtful recognition of the amount that taxpayers contribute to the wellbeing of the state. |