Per today’s Rutland Herald, from LewisLouis [sorry] Porter:
In April, staff of the Forest, Parks and Recreation Department talked about ways to boost use of state parks, including how to increase reservations for gay marriages and accommodate couples who might now want to change plans as a result of the new law that goes into effect in September.
“I wanted to make sure we could accommodate any guests who had made reservations for civil union ceremonies who might want to reschedule,” Jason Gibbs, the head of the department, said this week. “I wanted to make sure we were accommodating those guests so we did not lose any reservations.”
Yes, that’s the same Jason Gibbs who worked as our governor’s official spokestooge.
I really don’t think I have anything to add here.
“It will be the law of the State on September first,” Douglas is quoted as saying in the above referenced article (in the Times Argus version anyway).
And that, I believe is the point here.
I’m currently serving on Williamstown’s school board, and in the short three months in that function I’ve already been on the “losing” side a couple of times (quotes used because losing in this sense means nothing more than my thoughts didn’t carry the day). As a member of the the board it then becomes my responsibility to help the board’s decision succeed.
(Yes, there is room for ambiguity here. If I thought the board had reached a decision that was not intended to be in the best interests of those we’re charged with educating, I would certainly be acting in direct contradiction to the above.)
In this case I think we should simply recognize and appreciate the fact that Douglas is doing as the people of Vermont wanted him to do … help move our new stronger families law forward.
I see you corrected Loouis’s mispelling of lose. Or does this Gibbs guy have a southern drawl?
Perhaps “Lewis” would prefer to have his name spelled “Louis,” as it has been since, well, forever…(<:
I work for the Vermont dept. of Parks/Recreation and met Jason Gibbs two days ago. He showed up, unannounced, and I was in the middle of dealing with guests. But he watched me work for several hours and I was blunt with him, but not abrasive. He actually reeled off the parks numbers; he’s got the budget speak down pretty well. I was surprised how young he is. But he was cordial with me and when I asked him to help me unsnarl a traffic jam he jumped right in without question or hesitation. I completely forgot that he was a Douglas guy, remembering only when I saw the bumper sticker on his car. It was a pretty interesting time with him there.