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Rutland Pro-Business Coalition President Running for Vermont House of Representatives
The Rutland County Pro-Business Coalition has been an active voice in support of a healthy Vermont economy for several years. They have tried heartily to influence their local legislators to support and enact policies and policy changes that will encourage rather than diminish the capacity of the business community to have a decent chance of success.
Because of their disagreement and frustration with the views and voting records of some local legislators, they are attempting even stronger action by recruiting candidates to run for the Legislature in November.
Specifically, Jim Eckhardt, president of the Coalition and a small business owner in Rutland has announced his candidacy for Rutland-Windsor-1 representative seat which includes the towns of Bridgewater, Killington, Chittenden and Mendon.
Bruce Lisman Speaks to Vermont's Future - Finding Skin
We Have Lived Beyond Our Means!
An Essay by Tom Licata: "The fault, dear Brutus, lies not in our stars, but in ourselves…" so said Shakespeare.
Spend & Tax - The Legislature Cannot Make Hard choices
Governor Douglas has recently written to Senate President Pro Tem Peter Shumlin stronglly urging him to deal with the tough decisions necessary to establish a sustainable Vermont budget and set Vermont on a better economic course. The Legislature seems unable to make the admittedly difficult decisions to cut spending and not raise taxes.The recent announcements by dealer.com and IBM that will add jobs in Chittenden County is good news. We wish the Legislature would control spending and taxes so that more businesses would create jobs in the state. Perhaps they will do so before adjournment, but their record in supporting economic growth is poor. We encourage them to do better before adjounment.The Governor's letter is attached.
Spend and Tax! This Legislature's Not Business-Friendly
This from Associated Industries of Vermont once more demonstrates that Vermont's business-unfriendly reputation is reinforced by the House Ways and Means Committee.
We understand this committee is not responsible for appropriations, but Chair Obuchowski should demand further spending cuts from his colleague, Appropriations Chair Martha Heath to avoid more taxes.
"We Can't Afford It!" Forum in Burlington, April 12 at Fletcher Free Library
