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Moran: Thanks, and good luck to Sibilia

By
John Moran
Wednesday, November 26, 2014 — Issue 282

WARDSBORO — My wife Cherie and I thank all who supported me during the campaign and voted for me on Nov. 4.

We appreciate the focus on economic development from Philip Gilpin Jr., and we wish Laura Sibilia success as the new Windham-Bennington representative.

I will continue my advocacy for affordable, universal health care, for local education decision-making with reduced property taxes, and a worker- and business-friendly Vermont, combining economic development with a livable wage for all.

Thank you again.

Voices

We’ve become a business with a community problem

By
Hannah Sorila

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What has the U.S. done?

By
Kate Kenner

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Keeping faith in ‘interesting times’

By
The Beloved Community VT

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Election results: obvious, but still shocking

By
M.N. Scherbatskoy

WESTMINSTER WEST-Thank you to David Brooks for clearly saying in his Nov. 8 New York...

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