Pelham: Words and facts collide
Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Tom Pelham, Finance commissioner in the Dean administration, Tax commissioner in the Douglas administration, state representative serving on the Appropriations...
View ArticlePelham: Bigger than a bread box
Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Tom Pelham, Finance commissioner in the Dean administration, Tax commissioner in the Douglas administration, state representative serving on the Appropriations...
View ArticlePelham: Electric rates on the rise
Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Tom Pelham, who was commissioner of finance in the Dean administration, tax commissioner in the Douglas administration and a founding partner of Campaign for Vermont. In...
View ArticlePelham: Political labels are quick and easy, and often wrong
Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Tom Pelham, a co-founder of Campaign for Vermont. He served as Finance commissioner in the Dean administration, Tax commissioner in the Douglas administration and was...
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Campaign for Vermont blasts growth in government spending as “unsustainable”
Tom Pelham. Photo by Nat Rudarakanchana Campaign for Vermont, a 501(c)4 “nonpartisan” advocacy group, is criticizing state government spending trends as “unsustainable” over the long term, calling for...
View ArticlePelham: Frugality – next year is too late
Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Tom Pelham, who was Finance commissioner for Gov. Howard Dean, Tax commissioner for Gov. Jim Douglas and elected to the House of Representatives as an independent,...
View ArticlePelham: S.30 could have positive impact on state’s energy use
Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Tom Pelham, Finance commissioner in the Dean administration, Tax commissioner in the Douglas administration, state representative serving on the Appropriations...
View ArticlePelham: Federal tax expenditures – an invitation to slice and dice
Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Tom Pelham, Finance commissioner in the Dean administration, Tax commissioner in the Douglas administration, state representative serving on the Appropriations...
View ArticlePelham: Why is 3 percent not enough?
Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Tom Pelham, who was finance commissioner in the Dean administration, tax commissioner in the Douglas administration, and a state representative serving on the...
View ArticlePelham: The Legislature and your tax returns
Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Tom Pelham, who was finance commissioner in the Dean administration, tax commissioner in the Douglas administration, and a state representative serving on the...
View ArticlePelham: The making of a fiscal shipwreck
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Tom Pelham, formerly finance commissioner in the Dean administration, tax commissioner in the Douglas administration, a state representative elected as an...
View ArticleSpaulding: The ship of state is on the right course
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Vermont Secretary of Administration Jeb Spaulding. Recently, Paul Cillo, the founder of Vermont’s left-leaning Public Assets Institute, penned an op-ed claiming...
View ArticlePelham: Rep. Kitty Toll, why not start here?
There’s a bit of a kerfuffle about the $28 million development cost and the estimated $20 million annual operating cost for the new 25-bed psychiatric hospital in Berlin, as there should be. Per-bed...
View ArticleTom Pelham: It’s Shap’s ship now
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Tom Pelham, formerly finance commissioner in the Dean administration, tax commissioner in the Douglas administration, a state representative elected as an...
View ArticleTom Pelham: It’s complicated
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Tom Pelham, formerly finance commissioner in the Dean administration, tax commissioner in the Douglas administration, a state representative elected as an...
View ArticleTom Pelham: Inefficient efficiency
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Tom Pelham, formerly finance commissioner in the Dean administration, tax commissioner in the Douglas administration, a state representative elected as an...
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Campaign for Vermont education spending tool not wrong, but different, state...
Several Democratic lawmakers are questioning the accuracy of a new education data portal released earlier this week by Campaign for Vermont, a Montpelier think tank. The tool shows per pupil spending...
View ArticleTom Pelham: Barking up the wrong tree
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Tom Pelham, formerly finance commissioner in the Dean administration, tax commissioner in the Douglas administration, a state representative, and a co-founder of...
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Tom Pelham: Signs of excess
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Tom Pelham, formerly finance commissioner in the Dean administration, tax commissioner in the Douglas administration, a state representative elected as an...
View ArticleTom Pelham: Inevitable consequences
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Tom Pelham, formerly finance commissioner in the Dean administration, tax commissioner in the Douglas administration, a state representative elected as an...
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