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If youâve ever visited the Vermont State House during a legislative session, you know how it hums with activity. Legislators sit tucked away in small committee rooms discussing issues of importance to Vermonters, school groups listen to tour guides as they point to the history encompassed in the building, and legislative staff shuffle up and down the stairs to take down testimony that eventually becomes law.
Another thing that is clear, it is usually uncomfortably crowded most of the time. The visiting school groups scramble to figure out where to stow backpacks and eat lunch, advocacy organizations struggle to assemble hundreds of Vermonters who came to the State House to have their voices heard, legislators have no private space to meet with constituents with sensitive concerns, and committee rooms often resemble a New York City subway at rush hour: standing-room-only, jostling for seats, feeling uncomfortably close to
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Charlotte MacLeay
Charlotte Ely MacLeay passed away peacefully at the McClure Miller Respite House in Colchester, Vt., on April 25, 2021, after a difficult battle with a rapidly progressing dementia. She was a caring and community-minded nurse and educator who deeply loved her family, greatly enjoyed meeting new people, and greeted everyone with a warm and engaging smile.
Born on October 8, 1949, to Robert H. and Loree C. Ely in Brownsville (West Windsor), Vt., Charlotte grew up skiing on Mount Ascutney, where her father designed and cut the trails and was the first to make snow in Vermont. Her love of skiing endured throughout her life, including this past season; she took special pleasure in skiing with her four grandchildren.
weekly political column. Tim Newcomb There are two kinds of money around the Vermont Statehouse: state and federal. State money is always in short supply. Do we spend it on the University of Vermont and the state colleges, raises for underpaid workers at our mental health agencies, or public assistance for people with disabilities? Do we set it aside for retiree pensions and health care? A dollar devoted to one of those worthy causes is a dollar less for the others. The decisions are difficult. Federal dollars, on the other hand, seem a lot easier to spend. When more than a billion of them flow into Vermont to help the state weather the COVID-19 crisis and a second billion-dollar bundle shows up less than a year later, there s a temptation to start dancing to the 1998 Squirrel Nut Zippers tune The Suits Are Picking Up The Bill.