Many readers have sent in emails asking us to bring back the gubernatorial mojometers. The reason they fizzled out was that it was more of a challenge to make the transition from an individually-driven feature to one essentially run by committee consensus. Still, we aim to please, so look for a renewed effort to return the mojometer feature next week. In the meantime, here is some brief candidate news housekeeping:
- Peter Shumlin: Senator Shumlin scored the endorsement of 7th Generation founder Jeffrey Hollender (click here to read the diary from the candidate… we’ve decided to start getting serious about the “no promoting press releases to the front page” rule, and this one was too close for comfort, so we left it on the sidebar).
- Matt Dunne: Dunne re-introduced Vermont to his “service politics” model last week:
Matt Dunne, Democratic candidate for Governor of Vermont, along with members of his campaign and volunteers (participated) in a service politics event at Hubbard Park in Montpelier. Dunne will be joining Eric Clifford, an AmeriCorps*Vista volunteer with the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board, who is working with the Parks Department to prepare a new and improved trail from the Cummings Street low income housing project to the Town Rec Fields and Pool. The goal is to make it easier and more fun for the kids and families from the Cummings St housing to walk or bike to the recreation area.
- Deb Markowitz: The Markowitz campaign made a strong pro-active move by releasing an economic plan for Vermont. While it’s garnering attention for its entrepreneurial savings account feature, it has other elements, including:
69 workers sent to the unemployment lines after a Middlebury plant shuts down. A bridge closes and impacts the livelihoods of shop owners and their workers. As governor, I will have a plan for unexpected events like these. I will have job loss strike force teams with the expertise to respond quickly to assist dislocated workers and their families. These teams will help workers access the resources to help them weather the storm. They will also work with the affected communities to help them plan and prepare for future economic recovery.
Click here to view the whole plan (
as it doesn’t seem to be on the campaign website, strangely enoughHere is the link on the campaign website, as per the comments below). - Susan Bartlett: Bartlett may be having a hard time keeping up with her rivals’ press, but Andy Bromage has a full profile in this week’s 7 Days, so that helps balance the scales.
- Doug Racine: Another week, another major endorsement – this time the state employees’ union, VSEA. Margolis has now dubbed Racine the primary front runner.
- Brian Dubie:
GMDers thanks for the write up on the plan. It actually is on our website, right on the front page in the main box. Just clink on the link of the picture or the headline to access the plan.
Is the Doobage on the milk carton picture because he has been MIA from every public political debate, or is it because he reminds us all of a small child when he does publically demonstrate his childlike grasp and articulation of every issue important to Vermonters?
Both Doug Racine and Brian Dubie were in town, and each had a front page article devoted to the visit. Doug Racine used his time in the area to visit with a number of farmers and their families and to listen to their issues and what they felt would make farming a more tenable way of life in Vermont.
Dubie went straight to a hotel to address the Chamber of Commerce with the same-old-same-old of so-called “business friendly” talking points.
Loved the contrast!
I have it from multiple sources that candidate Dubie was last seen during his June 12th
“Taking Off” campaign event. He piloted the small plane toward the Northeast Kingdom dropping copies of Forbes Magazine business survey from the window of his plane.
Several intrepid reporters attempted to follow the paper trail, but lost it deep into Caledonia County.
They were last seen hiking to the interstate mumbling disparagingly about bloggers.