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Eric Davis: Very low voter turnout possible in 2014

Posted on August 22, 2013 |
By Eric Davis



The November 2014 General Election in Vermont could turn out to be the election with the lowest turnout in several decades.

The Vermont Secretary of State’s Web site provides data on registered voters and turnout for all elections since 1974. The average turnout in Vermont for the 10 presidential elections from 1976 through 2012 was 70 percent of the registered voters. Vermont has consistently had one of the highest turnout rates in the nation in presidential elections. In part, this is because of the strongly civic-minded culture of the state.

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Opinion: Internet sales tax could save Vermont

Posted on August 19, 2013 |
By David Coates



This week’s writer is David Coates, a retired managing partner of KPMG’s Burlington office and director of National Life Group, Green Mountain Power and many other companies.

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Jessie Raymond: Creative criminals liven up the news

Posted on August 15, 2013 |
By Jessie Raymond



The Addison Independenthas won awards for its local news coverage, striking photos and special sections.

Whatever.

Readers who want the most compelling combination of information and entertainment in this paper know where the real action lies: in the police logs. (Admit it: You go there.)

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Clippings by John McCright: Internet brings the world to your fingertips

Posted on August 15, 2013 |
By John McCright



The Internet really is making the world a smaller place. Years ago presidents and other world leaders could have extensive private lives that were truly private. Now, with the 24-hour news cycle and the World Wide Web enabling just about anyone to become a publisher, any idiot sitting in a small town in Vermont can find out more than he ever wanted to know about everyone from his neighbor to the most powerful people in the world.

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Community Forum: Businesses limit energy waste

Posted on August 12, 2013 |
By Lawrence Miller



This week’s writer is Lawrence Miller, Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development secretary. Jim Merriam, director of Efficiency Vermont, contributed.

Small businesses are the backbone of the American economy. In Vermont, this holds especially true. Vermont has more than 75,000 small employers, comprising a staggering 96 percent of the companies in the state. With more than 157,000 workers, the small business sector accounts for nearly 60 percent of our state’s total workforce.

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Clippings: Former No.1 fan sees his idol fall

Posted on August 8, 2013 |
By Luke Whelan



I grew up in Seattle during the ’90s when there were two factions on the playgrounds and ball fields: the A-Rod kids and the Junior kids.

I was an A-Rod kid.

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Eric Davis: Newspapers confront big changes

Posted on August 8, 2013 |
By Eric Davis



The Burlington Free Press announced last week that it was laying off 13 employees, including five reporters, editors and photographers in the newsroom. Over the past decade, the Free Press’ weekday circulation has dropped by nearly half, from 50,000 to 26,000. Since the Free Press switched to a tabloid format and raised its subscription rates in June 2012, it has lost more than 10 percent of its weekday sales.

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Greg Dennis: Turning up the 'Summer Heat' on coal

Posted on August 8, 2013 |
By Greg Dennis



It’s an impossibly beautiful summer morning in Vermont — and I’m leaving the state on the last Saturday of July to go sit in a dirty church basement in Providence, R.I.

My travel takes me south through the mountain towns of Jamaica and Townshend along Route 30. There’s a farmer’s market along the way, and in another town they’re getting ready for a parade.

On the shortcut through Brattleboro I pass the old ski jump on the edge of town, near signs protesting a skateboard park.

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Opinon: Teamwork needed in war on drugs

Posted on August 5, 2013 |
By Bill Schubart



This week’s writer is Bill Schubart, a Vermont entrepreneur, author and commentator on VPR. He writes about Vermont and the nation in fiction, humor and opinion pieces.

Heroin in Vermont

The danger in believing we are special is that it can blind us to what’s right under our noses. We mix and drink our Kool-Aid and then bask in our self-esteem. Vermont is a wonderful place. It is not, however, special or immune.

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Clippings by Trent Campbell: Doughnut apocolypse strikes NYC

Posted on August 1, 2013 |
By Trent Campbell



Leave it to the Big Apple. Only in New York City could there be a black market for doughnuts. Well, that’s not completely accurate. The black market is actually for cronuts. In case you haven’t heard, a cronut is a cross between a doughnut and a croissant, and it is the hottest thing going right now in a city overflowing with hot things. New Yorkers, it seems, have gone nuts for cronuts.

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