BRATTLEBORO — Companies such as Cersosimo’s Brattleboro Kiln Dry and Milling are poised to take advantage of the state’s changing energy priorities, said Anthony Pollina, a Progressive Party candidate for governor from Middlesex.

“We should be investing in companies that have power to share,” he said, adding “We need the infrastructure to make it happen.”

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MONTPELIER — Gov. James Douglas’ administration on Monday defended nearly $300,000 in merit bonuses given to state officials in the months before it proposed cutting 400 jobs from the state rolls because of the downturn in the economy. (more…)

The Douglas Administration is one of missed opportunity and misguided priorities. The Administration is responding to lost jobs and a downturn in the economy by eliminating state jobs while giving “merit” bonuses to administration officials and funding more than a dozen tax-payer funded public relations positions. (more…)

Montpelier, Vt. — (Host) Progressive Anthony Pollina is attacking incumbent Governor Jim Douglas for cutting the state workforce while at the same time rewarding top officials with bonuses. (more…)

When running against Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan asked, “Are you better off now than you were four years ago?” Now, loyal Republican Gov. James Douglas after six years in office wants yet another term: So it’s appropriate to ask Vermonters: Are you better off now than you were six years ago? (more…)

MONTPELIER — Progressive gubernatorial candidate Anthony Pollina says his incumbent rival’s claim to have founded the “Buy Local movement” is tantamount to Al Gore taking credit for inventing the Internet. (more…)

MONTPELIER — A state Agriculture Agency publication proclaims that the “buy local movement” that Gov. Jim Douglas initiated in 2003 is stronger than ever.

Progressive gubernatorial candidate Anthony Pollina objects. The buy local movement was started in the 1970s by farmers and activists working with the Northeast Organic Farming Association, Pollina said. (more…)

Montpelier, Vermont — The Progressive in the race for Governor says a state publication overstates the record of Gov. Jim Douglas, R-Vermont.

At issue is a line in Vermont Harvest, written by the Agriculture Agency. It says, “initiated by Governor Douglas in 2003, the buy local movement is stronger then ever.” (more…)

Our current governor is taking credit for work done by citizens and others and staking out positions that serve short-term political goals but are not in keeping with his record. A lifelong politician, our Governor recently portrayed himself as the voice of change. As if that was not enough of an image make over, he now wants VT to see him as the initiator of a grassroots movement. (more…)

The firings at IBM are especially painful because IBM workers are not organized and because my opponent has not helped Vermont prepare for shifts in the global and local economy.

An organized workforce would have been better prepared to protect their jobs and negotiate with management. Rumors of the job cuts circulated among workers for weeks, but management denied them until today. Organized workers could at least respond from a position of strength. (more…)