Monday, January 19, 2009

Time to Bond Now

Mom is thrilled.

Since I was assigned to the House Commerce & Economic Development Committee, she says, "Finally, your MBA from Stanford will be put to good use!"

While I'll stay involved in the prison reform legislation that I've helped write the past four years, and continue to push for more prison reform -- including supporting children of incarcerated parents -- my primary focus turns to Vermont jobs and limiting, if not reversing, the challenges of the recession in Vermont.

We must halt the slow-down in our economy with new jobs and a stimulus plan. House Speaker Shap Smith proposed a key piece of that plan on Jan. 7.

I wrote an editorial about it, including several reasons why the timing is ideal now to issue more state bonds.

You can read it here:


http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20090118/FEATURES15/901180307/-1/RSS10

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1 Comments:

At January 31, 2009 5:20 PM, Blogger Unknown said...

...and here:

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20090131/OPINION/901310305

http://greenmountaindaily.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=3894

http://www.vermonttiger.com/content/2009/01/a-time-for-bonding.html

 

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