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Vm IVvfcngtoa (Vt.l FrM Prs. Wadfwvday. January Id. 1991 3B Vermont State notes Kids and Kops is backed The cards also are printed in several newspapers, including The Burlington Free Press. Because of the late start in Vergennes this year, only grades three to six in the city will be involved, Wright said.

Next year, the junior high school could be included, he said. Shelburne Police Chief James Warden said miscommunication led some to believe that his department would not participate in the program this year. He said the Shelburne Police Department which has been short-staffed in recent weeks, was unable to have a representative at an organizational meeting. Officer Dan Fitzgerald has agreed to coordinate the town's effort the chief said. The two officers who coordinated the town's efforts for the past two years have gone on to other campaign last fall Clark is one of the founding organizers of the Progressive Vermont Alliance.

Clark is working with other alliance members to organize a property tax reform initiative for March town meetings. He Is serving on Main Street Task Force, a group that is studying plans for widening the street In the coming months, Clark said he plans to work with other school commissioners and community leaders to develop an Alumni Association for Burlington High School. Independent seeks Ward 5 seat Marc Kornbluh is running as an independent for the Ward 5 Burlington City Council seat If elected to the seat held by Democrat L. Randolph Amis, Kornbluh said he will focus on Progressive Coalition who serves on the Burlington School Board, has announced he is seeking a Ward 2 Burlington City Council seat Clark, 29, has an accounting background that he said would be an asset to city government. Clark said he is a supporter of property tax reform and local control for funding municipal services.

If elected to the City Council in March, Clark said, he plans to find ways to attract higher paying jobs to Burlington as well as stabilizing rental housing prices. Clark is running for the seat vacated by Terrill G. Bouricius, who is serving as a legislator. Later this month, Clark said, he will begin a job as a representative with the Alliance for Affordable Health Care. Clark was the Northeast Kingdom coordinator for independent Congressman Bernard Sanders' By Mike Donoghue Free Press Staff Writer Shelburne and Vergennes, despite a late start, will participate this year in the Kids and Kops anti-drug program.

Thirteen other municipal police departments have kicked off their start to the 4-year-old program that brings together students in grades three to eight police and athletes. Vergennes police officer H. Kent Wright has introduced the program to school officials and will be distributing the baseball-type cards that feature University of Vermont athletes with antidrug slogans, officials said. Besides police in Vergennes and Shelburne, officers in South Burlington, Essex, Colchester, Richmond, Milton, Winooski, St Albans, Barre City, Barre Town, Montpelier, Hartford, Windsor and Woodstock will have the cards. Hearing to be held on Youth Office Burlington residents are being urged to attend a hearing this afternoon in City Hall on the role of the Mayor's Youth Office in the 1990s.

The Mayor's Advisory Committee on Youth Services is holding the hearing in the course of preparing its recommendations to Mayor Peter Clavelle on the future of the Youth Office. The meeting will be held in Contois Auditorium from 4 to 6 p.m. Since 1981, the office has served as an advocate for youth and has helped to make changes in the city that benefit young people. Progressive seeks Ward 2 seat Dana Clark, a member of the House committee assignments draw charges of partisan politics property tax reform, community planning and creation of jobs through small business development worker ownership and responsible entrepreneurship. Kornbluh said in a news release that he intends to emphasize clean, accessible mass transit energy conservation and the cleanup of Lake Champlain and its beaches.

A graduate of New York University, Kornbluh said he has worked and traveled in Asia and the Middle East Kornbluh is a member of the Farmers'. Market and is a home producer for the Onion River Coop. He said he is a founding member of the Burlington Co-Housing group, an organization working to create community housing. Kornbluh, his wife, Deni, and their daughter, Hana, own half of a duplex on Hayward Street talk with her and instead dealt with Republican Whip Richard Westman, R-Cambridge. "The caucus needs to have a very serious discussion about who's the leader of this caucus and whether the person that's going to lead is determined by the man with the shower," she said, referring to Wright, whose Statehouse office is equipped with a shower.

"What is happening now is not just about Sara Gear and Ralph Democrats, and two independents. "The committee 10 years ago naturally would have been dominated by Republicans, there were more of them," he said. "I don't know whether a comparison to 1981 is applicable." He also pointed to a U.S. Su- preme Court ruling against partisan considerations. "You can't just stick it to one party or another" and expect it to be upheld in court, he said.

Wright said the impact of any majority is exaggerated. Republicans had the edge a decade ago, but it didn't trigger an increase in GOP legislators, he said. The House has 75 Republicans, 73 Democrats and two Progressives. The Senate is evenly split with 15 Republicans and 15 Democrats. "There are a lot of variables," he said.

"If you have a good Wright. It is about control of this caucus and, ultimately, control of the Republican Party in this state," Gear said in prepared remarks. Rep. Megan Price, R-Fair Haven, called Wright's treatment of Gear "an insult to this body. It's an insult to the choice that we made." Rep.

Elmer Faris, R-Groton, added, "I'd hate to think our. caucus is so fickle that we'd let the speaker depose our Other representatives moved up the committee ladder. For example, Reps. Perry Waite, D-Paw-let, and Leon Graves, D-Fairfield, were assigned to the Appropriations Committee. Waite had served on Transportation; Graves on Agriculture.

In a party meeting after the committee announcements, Gear confronted what she saw as Wright's attempt to divide party leadership. Gear had complained recently that Wright would not Democrats hold an edge in reapportionment process From page 1B Although Republicans hold a majority with 75 of the House's 150 seats Democrats have 73 seats, Progressives hold two seats the GOP controls only four of 14 chairmanships. Republicans lost one member from both money committees: the Appropriations Committee, which spends state dollars, and the Ways and Means Committee, which controls taxes. Instead of the 7-4 Democratic advantage of the past two years, Democrats now have an 8-3 majority on both committees. According to Gear's records, only 35 Republicans received the committee assignments they requested.

"A lot of people didn't get their first choice," Wright said. The unpopular House committees were almost entirely filled with Republicans. The Municipal Corporations and Elections Committee has 11 Republican members and seven of eight members on the Fish and Wildlife Committee are Republican. Gear noted the heavy Republican majorities on the Transportation and Agriculture committees. In explaining the Municipal Corporations decision, Wright said: "There wasn't a single member, Democrat or Republican, who The caucus voted to send Wright a letter informing him that the GOP caucus planned to.

communicate only through Gear and also wanted her to be appointed to the Joint Rules Committee, which governs legislative procedure. Wright was reluctant to explain his treatment of Gear. "I haven't spoken to her. I said hello to her, I admit that was three days ago," he said. "I haven't said I wouldn't talk to her." majority of the committee assignments were evenly distributed to ensure a bipartisan approach.

Douglas said the population is too large or too small in 24 House and three Senate districts. Before the House and Senate Government Operations committees consider the reapportionment issue, the Legislative Apportionment Board will make a recommendation. The committees will then grapple with the issue and the full Legislature will decide how representation change or if it will remain the same. If the Legislature's plan receives gubernatorial approval, the Legislative Apportionment Board' will ask individual boards of civil authority to decide how to break up the districts. candidate, I don't care what district I'm in, I'm a tough opponent.

If you're my opponent, you'd better, get your sneakers on." He said some districts already are predominantly Republican or Democratic, so reapportionment won't make much difference. Former President John F. Kennedy would have trouble pulling in votes, for example, if he campaigned in one of Vermont's Republican The same would hold true for former President Dwight Eisenhower in Democratic districts, he said. Although the appointments rested on party lines in the House, the Committee on Committees appointed three Republicans and three Democrats to the Senate Government Operations Committee. President Pro Tempore Douglas Racine, D-Chittenden, said the Committee assignments lllli ILL! ILL' 1 1 1 1 i immimiiii i tllllllllllllllllllllllllllllill BlFGmdlnmTATires I ne ami ezics noes tor your car RADIALTM6Q requested it I wasn't going to put my friends there." The Bennington Democrat resisted giving poor committee as-signments to two of his challengers.

Rep. Wallace C. Russell It-Barton, who ran against Wright for speaker, will remain on the influential Ways and Means Committee, which controls taxes. The assignment of Rep. William Stowe, R-St.

Johnsbury, to the Agriculture Committee is unchanged. Before the Legislature convened Wednesday, Stowe had lobbied for a roll call vote to elect the speaker. Wright would not comment on any specific appointment. Other legislators did not receive the assignments of their choice. Chittenden County Reps.

Helen Riehle, R-Burlington, and Vi Lu-ginbuhl, R-South Burlington, were moved from powerful money committees to other assignments. Riehle will serve on the Health and Welfare Committee. Lugin-buhl, a former chairwoman of the state Board of the Education, was moved to the Education Committee. Newly elected Rep. Gene Sweetser, R-Essex, was assigned to the Municipal Corporations Committee.

So was Rep. Betty Ferraro, R-Rutland, who defeated former Rep. Charles Franzoni, R-Rutland, a friend of Wright. jail in Windsor, and enabling the state to acquire land for preservation. Judiciary Chairman Bloomer; Wolk; Skinner; Webster; Backus; Delaney.

Issues include a- constitutional amendment to grant judges more leeway in denying bail, and proposals to reform the state's drunken driving laws. Natural Resources Chairman Little; Ready; Racine; Page; McCor--mack; McClaughry. Issues include proposals to change Act 200; disposal of hazardous waste; locating a dump for low-level nuclear waste; and the Public Trust Doctrine. Transportation Chairman Maz za; Howrigan; Metcalf; Macaulay; Gannett; Rivers. Issues include improving the state's crumbling bridges and getting the paving program back on schedule.

House Agriculture Chairman Robert Starr, D-Troy; Vice Chair Roger Kay-hart, R-Waltham; Robert Oliver, R-Sa-lisbury; Hazel Prindle, R-Charlotte; Carroll Hull, R-Richford; Judy Dimario, D-Fayston; Ed Paquin D-Fairfax; William Stowe, R-St. Johnsbury; Richard Smith, R-Danville; Sara Gear, R-Bur-, lington; Robert Helm, R-Castleton. Appropriations Chairman Michael Obuchowski, D-Rockingham; Vice Chair Peter Youngbaer, D-Plain-field; Charles Palmer, R-Pownai; Harold Weidman, R-Wallingford; Robert Kin-sey, R-Craftsbury; Carmel Babcock, D-Burlington; Timothy Corcoran, D-Ben-. nington; Perry Waite, D-Pawlet; Leon Graves, D-Fairfield; Wayne Kenyon, D-Bradford; Linda Almy, D-Underhill. Commerce Chairman Paul Harrington, R-Middlesex; Vice Chair James Russell Carpenter, D-Bennington; Kathleen Keenan, D-St.

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i ii l) aJ RADIAL From page 1B cans," he said. House Republican Leader Sara Gear, R-Burlington, said it may be a natural move, but she cautioned against allowing party politics to decide legislative reapportionment "We have a Republican governor who says he will veto the plan if it's not fair," she said. "It's very dangerous not to come out with a fair plan." But Wright defended his appointments, saying former Republican House Speaker Stephan Morse appointed seven Republicans and three Democrats to the committee 10 years ago. Secretary of State James Douglas, a member of the Legislative Apportionment Board, countered that the House in 1981 was composed of 84 Republicans, 64 Mary Sullivan, D-Burlington; Peter Mal- lory, u-NewDury; I nomas Alderman, Middlebury. Education Chairwoman Barbara Grimes, D-Burlington; Vice Chair David Larsen D-Wilmington; Carl Pow-den, D-Johnson; Barbara Wood, R-Bethel; Aili Farrar, D-Chester; Vi Lugin-buhl, R-South Burlington; Lisa O'Neil, R-Hartford; Marion Rogenski, D-Hart-ford.

Fish and Wildlife Chairwoman Jane Mendicino, R-Essex; Vice Chair Elmer Faris, R-Barnet; Gordon Booth, R-Barre Town; Kermit Richardson, R-Orange; Matt Krauss, R-Barre City; Nancy Christopher, D-Alburg; Karen Steele, R-Waterbury; Gwendolyn Bran son, R-Shelburne. General and Military Chairman John Murphy, D-Ludlow; Vice Chair Gordon Stafford, R-Brighton; Theodore Lindgren, D-Springfield; Bill Wisell, 0-Bristol; Domenic Falzarano, R-North-field; Tom Smith P.C.-Burlington; Megan Price, R-Fair Haven; Joan Conant, R-Colchester; Francis Brooks, D-Mont-pelier. Government Operations Chairman Don Hooper, D-Brookfield; Vice Chair Robert Harris, D-Windsor; Cola Hudson, R-Lyndon; Richard Westman, R-Cambridge; Sean Campbell, D-Rock-ingham; Mary Ann Parizo, D-Essex; Curt McCormack, D-Rutland; Ron Squires, D-Guilford; Jerry Kreitzer, D-Rutland City; Carroll Towne, R-Milton. Ways and Means Chairman Oreste Valsangiacomo, D-Barre City; Vice Chair Mark MacDonald, D-VVil-liamstown; David Brown, R-Strafford; Leon Babbie, D-Swanton; Andrew Christiansen, D-East Montpelier; Jim Brouillette, D-St. Albans City; Wallace Russell, R-Barton; Merrill Perley, R-Enosburg; Carolyn Yamell D-Colches-ter; Paul Cillo, D-Hardwick; William Municipal Corporations and Elections Chairman Ralph Baker, R-Randolph; Vice Chair Edward Lucas, R-Bridgewater; Peter Sarty, R-Mendon; Merritt Thomas, R-Rutland Town; Wesley Hrydziusko, R-Windsor; Ruth Towne, R-Berlin; Betty Ferraro, R-Rutland City; Walter Pyle, R-Shoreham; Alphonse Bourassa, R-Clarendon; Ronald Knapp, R-Bennington; Gene Sweetser, R-Essex.

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Issues include increasing the power of the state's Milk Board to boost the price of milk paid to dairy farmers; preserving the current use tax for farmers; and ending winter power rates paid by farmers for energy used in barns. Appropriations Chairman Robert Gannett, R-Windham; Mary Ann Carlson, D-Bennington; George Little, R-Chittenden; Howrigan; Douglas Racine, D-Chittenden; John Farmer, R-La-moille; and David Wolk, D-Rutland. Issues include all state spending requests. Education Chairman Jeb Spaulding, D-Washington; John Mc-Claughry, R-Caledonia; Michael Met-calf, R-Caledonia; Richard McCormack, D-Windsor; and Dennis Delaney, R-Chittenden. Issues include a proposal to let expire the current state education aid formula and spend two years revamping the system; and looking at ways to improve educational quality.

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