(In keeping with our policy of featuring first-person diaries by the candidates on the GMD front page, here is the latest from Deb Markowitz: – promoted by Sue Prent)
When a supporter told me about Brian Dubie's advertisement on the NY Times website telling readers Vermont was a bad place to do business, I didn't want to believe it.
Playing politics with our economy is inappropriate especially when we have more than 20,000 Vermonters without jobs. It doesn't help make our state better and it is discouraging to businesses who already make their home in Vermont. This kind of talk may help Brian's campaign, but it won't help Vermont.
Look, in Vermont we've got challenges. We've got to make Vermont more affordable for Vermont business and families. That's one reason I'm running for governor. But, you don't jumpstart the economy by broadcasting to the readers of the New York Times, that Vermont is a bad place to do business. And if you want to be the leader of a state, that's the last thing you should be doing.
When I am governor I will send a positive message about doing business in Vermont. I will take actions to help new businesses start up and existing businesses succeed. Unfortunately, Brian Dubie is continuing a tradition of trashing Vermont and it has to end. He is literally advertising to an influential audience that businesses shouldn't think about Vermont.
See the full video from WPTZ on this here.
Rather than bringing his message to Vermonters, Dubie’s plan is to attack VT through the NY Times in order to… oh, get big donations from the business-class of New York.
Says plenty about where his campaign is and is heading.
Remember who the Dubie campaign manager is!!! Not a Vermonter that is for sure!!!
After successfully ducking about a half dozen debates with no ill effects, he starts a Vermont Stinks ad campaign based on his year old Forbes Magazine article.
Also conveniently timed he piggyback rides the publicity surrounding Douglas’ possible veto of the budget bill and all this just ahead of his own headline performance at the Vermont Tiger Crunch Symposium next week. Busy man.
If you don’t like VT then move. It’s a free country, and a big country with lots of choices. I love living here. How we value environmental quality, the green energy movement, and small close-knit communities, small business (Vs. WalMart), small farms, local food, and take care of those less fortunate, it’s all good. It’s the best place on earth to live as far as I’m concerned.
Well, Douglas/Dubie are only interested in protecting the corporations and they do not want to pay their fair share of taxes. And with all these tax breaks we are giving them for jobs, they will take those jobs once they get the tax breaks and re-locate them overseas anyway. What an insidious ass this guy is.
you said “We’ve got to make Vermont more affordable for Vermont business and families.”
This sounds like you think Vermont is not affordable for businesses. If so, can you give me an example?
LOL..yep:)
They want to give these tax breaks as hand outs to their corporate friends before they move the jobs to china