Vermont Economy at a Glance

  • FY12 Budget Shortfall: $176 million, or 14%
    • One Family's Share: $1,132
  • Population: 621,760   Unemployment Rate: 6.2%   Poverty Rate: 9.4%
  • Median Household Income: $50,619
  • Potential Public Revenue from tax on natural resource extraction: $1,2 Billion / year
    • One Family's Share: $7,720 yearly
    • Currently collected by corporations tax-free
  • Cumulative Afghan & Iraq War Cost to Vermont:
    • $1,724,493,495 ...Not counting the cost of the illegal war in Libya!
    • One Family's Share: $11,904
Full Documentation on the Cost of War to Vermont families courtesy of CostOfWar.com.

Community Bulletin Board

 

2012 ADDISON COUNTY LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST SCHEDULE

SPONSORED BY BRIDPORT GRANGE # 303 AND ADDISON COUNTY FARM BUREAU
(I’ll be there! -RW)

2/06/12 GRANGE HALL   BRIDPORT
2/13/12 AMERICAN LEGION   BRISTOL
2/20/12 AMERICAN LEGION   MIDDLEBURY
2/27/12 FIREHOUSE   ORWELL
3/05/12 AMERICAN LEGION   VERGENNES
3/12/12 RIKERT NORDIC CENTER BREAD LOAF   RIPTON (GOVERNOR’S LUNCH)
3/19/12 AG LUNCH COMMUNITY HALL   BRIDPORT
3/26/12 AMERICAN LEGION   BRISTOL
4/02/12 AMERICAN LEGION   MIDDLEBURY
4/09/12 CONGREGIONAL CHURCH   SHOREHAM
4/16/12 CONGREGIONAL CHURCH   WEYBRIDGE
6/04/12 GRANGE HALL   BRIDPORT

BREAKFASTS START AT 7:00AM
PROGRAM BEGINS AT 7:30AM AND ENDS AT 8:45AM

LUNCHEONS BEGIN AT 12:00PM AND END AT 1:45PM.

PURCHASE OF BREAKFAST NOT REQUIRED TO ATTEND BUT HELPS OUR HOSTS TO DEFRAY THE COST OF OPENING THEIR HALL
Supported by Middlebury Chamber of Commerce & Addison County Regional Planning

FREE NORDIC SKIING AVAILABLE AFTER GOVERNOR’S LUNCH.