MONDAY Â Â EDITION
ADDISON COUNTY
INDEPENDENT
Vol. 25 No. 13
Middlebury, Vermont
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Monday, May 20, 2013
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40 Pages
75¢
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Budget  deal,  health-Ârelated  bills  touted
PRVW ELOOLRQ WKDW GLG QRW UHTXLUH bridges  and  culverts. the  raising  of  new  broad-Âbased  tax  With  little  money  available  for  good  marks  to  a  now-Âconcluded  PRQH\ EXW GLG SURGXFH KLJKHU IHHV QHZ SURJUDPV ODZPDNHUV LQVWHDG By  JOHN  FLOWERS MONTPELIER  —  Addison  2013  legislative  session  that  pro- at  the  pump  to  leverage  additional  invested  in  several  social  initia- (See  Legislature,  Page  28) County  lawmakers  generally  gave  duced  a  General  Fund  budget  of  al- IHGHUDO DLG WR UHSDLU WKH VWDWHÂśV URDGV
Shumlin grateful for strides in education By  JOHN  FLOWERS MONTPELIER  —  Gov.  Peter  Shumlin  on  Thursday  gave  high  marks  to  the  2013  General  Assem- EO\ D ERG\ WKDW KH VDLG JUDQWHG percent  of  his  education  pri- orities  and  com- pleted  one  of  the  most  produc- tive  sessions  “in  years.â€? “It  was  a  very  productive  ses- VLRQ ´ 6KXPOLQ said  during  a  phone  interview  GOV.  SHUMLIN with  the  Ad- dison  Indepen- dent.  “I  thought  they  got  more  tough  things  done  than  I’ve  seen  a  Legisla- WXUH JHW GRQH LQ D ÂżUVW KDOI RI D ELHQ- QLXP LQ PDQ\ PDQ\ \HDUV 7KHUH LV a  lot  to  celebrate  with  Vermonters.â€? 5DQNLQJ KLJK RQ WKH OLVW DFFRUG- LQJ WR 6KXPOLQ ZDV SDVVDJH RI D ÂżVFDO \HDU EXGJHW WKDW GLG QRW require  an  increase  in  broad-Âbased  taxes.  This  was  accomplished  in  (See  Shumlin,  Page  31)
City  weighs  smoking  law   versus  policy Joe Moore blows powerhouse sax ‡ /LYH PXVLF DQG H[KLELWLRQV RI KLVWRULF DQG FRQWHPSRUDU\ DUW KLJKOLJKW WKLV ZHHN LQ $UWV %HDW 6HH 3DJH
By  ANDY  KIRKALDY VERGENNES  —  Vergennes  al- dermen  at  their  meeting  last  week  moved  closer  to  adopting  a  policy  that  would  ban  tobacco  use  in  the  area  around  the  city  pool  and  on  the  city’s  central  green.  A  council  subcommittee  will  look  at  model  policies  and  ordinances  of- fered  last  week  by  a  tobacco  preven- tion  expert  and  make  a  recommenda- tion  at  the  council’s  May  28  meeting.  A  policy  could  be  a  gateway  to  a  ODZ WKDW FDOOV IRU WLFNHWV DQG ¿QHV (See  Vergennes,  Page  17)
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