Statement on Gov. Peter Shumlin’s 2012 State of the State Address

Posted by Paul Cillo on January 5, 2012 at 6:02 pm

Governor Shumlin is rightly proud of the leadership this administration provided in the clean up after Tropical Storm Irene last summer.  He inspired Vermonters to rise to their best during one of the worst disasters in the state’s history.

And he is correct in making job creation the state’s top priority and in recognizing that investment now in education and public infrastructure are key to Vermont’s economic future.

We disagree…

Statement on LIHEAP funding

Posted by Jack Hoffman on December 27, 2011 at 4:45 pm

Even if President Obama and some members of Congress don’t get it, Gov. Peter Shumlin understands that people can freeze to death in the winter if they don’t have heat. That’s why he announced Tuesday that the state was going to supplement the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) after Congress failed to adequately fund the program.

Congress—at the urging of the Vermont delegation—appropriated more money to the program…

Where there’s a will there’s a way

Posted by Paul Cillo on December 16, 2011 at 5:25 pm

What’s the lesson learned from the clean up after Tropical Storm Irene?

Deputy Transportation Secretary Sue Minter summed it up best in a New York Times story last week. The Shumlin administration received well-deserved front-page kudos for getting the state’s highways and bridges fixed and functioning in record time.

“The attitude,” said Minter, “was, ‘We’ll do the work and we’ll figure out how we’re paying for it, but we’re…