Rutland Daily Herald from Rutland, Vermont • 7

i RUTLAND DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 27, 1987 Staid Ten Candidates Seeking Four Bennington Seats Sanders Plan on State Aid Would Hike Tax for Wealthy and Towns estimates is necessary for significant improvements in educational opportunities for Vermont children. To my mind, the fairest way to raise the desperately needed revenue that we need to adequately fund education is through an increase in the personal and corporate income tax which would ask those individuals and institutions who can best afford to pay who have been paying less in the last five years than they previously did Ijo start paying their fair share, Sanders said. Sanders called for a distribution plan similar to one endorsed by the League of Cities and Towns. Under that proposal, Burlington would receive an increase of $1.37 million over the $358,354 it currently receives as a floor town. Rutland City would receive a boost of $805,059 over the present allocation.

Rutland Towns share would remain the same. purposes and what will be lised for residential, he said. Holly Wilson, who filed as a candidate for a one-year term, served on the 2010 committee and said it would be an issue in her campaign. I really enjoyed my involvement with the 2010 Project, and Id like to see some of their recomendations implemented," Wilson said Monday night. Wilson, 30, works with the Vermont Job Service and came to Bennington about five years ago.

I don't have a lot of relatives or old high school buddies in town, so I think I can be objective on personnel matters, she said. I listen and pay attention to what people tell me. I don't promise to have all the answers, but I will do my homework, and it takes homework to be on the Board of Selectmen. Wilson said she would try to strike a balance between environmentalism and business. Im concerned about regional growth and retaining the natural beauty of this area.

I'm also concerned about watching the kinds of businesses Barre City would recieve an increase of $311,809 and Barre Town a $437,688 increase, but the town of Charleston, which has been used by Gov. Madeleine M. Kunin as an example of a poor town, would receive only $12,734 under the Sanders proposal. Sanders, who is running for re-election to a fourth term as mayor, has been an outspoken opponent of the Foundation Plan, which would recapture revenues in property-rich towns to pay for education aid increases in poorer towns. He criticized the Foundation proposal because it ignores tbe ability of in-' dividuals to pay.

As an example, Sanders noted that Shelburne, which has one of the highest median adjusted gross incomes in the state, would receive a $600,000 increase in state aid, without paying a penny more. Burlington, with tne lowest median income in Chittenden County would receive no increase in state aid. that come here, and with helping the ones that are already here, she said. Wilson said the unusually high number of candidates for the board of selectmen this year is a healthy sign for Bennington. I sense in the last year that people are really trying to work cooperatively in Bennington.

I think Bennington is about to turn itself around, and I want to be a part of that, she said. For once, Bennington doesn't need to be worried about a lack of candidates. I think it t-will be an interesting campaign with lots of issues. Maybe tne League of Women Voters will set up a debate for us, she said. Louis J.

Mason, who filed to run for a one-year term, declined to comment on his candidacy Monday night. Tm not going to say anything. Thats the strategy all these politicians use, he said. Other candidates, including Anita Beilin, William Rogers, Richard Sears, M. Herb Rice, Jamie J.

Longtin and Howard Sinnot, were not available for comment Monday. By DEBBIE BOOKCHIN BURLINGTON Mayor Bernard Sanders Monday unveiled a proposal for funding state aid to education, one that would "tax the wealthy" to help the poor. The socialist mayors proposal would combine: The entire $5.3 million increase expected in existing state taxes now going into state aid to education. A personal income tax hike for those making more than $60,000 a year, levied only on the portion above $60,000, to raise $9.5 million. A slight" increase in the corporate income tax that would bring in $3 million in new revenue.

And a state tax on vacation homes of non-residents that would be an add-on to the local tax rate, making the total tax rate on the homes equal to 80 percent of the average Vermont property tax rate, raising $5 million. The combined total would be $22.8 million, the amount the Vermont League of Cities Lofe of tails ofc iHkme Equity Loams. v. Tv-'' ji ByPAULTEETOR BENNINGTON By the filing deadline on Monday, the largest field of candidates in years had entered the race for the Bennington Board of Selectmen. According to the petitions on file at the town clerk's office, there are six candidates for the two one-year seats left open by the resignations of Selectmen Duncan Campbell and John DeVito.

Those resignations are to be effective in March. In addition, incumbents Edward Lamb and Norman Lariviere will be challenged by Anita Beilin and William Rogers for two three-year seats. Both Lamb and Lariviere said they were running for re-election because the board has unfinished business. Lamb, 64, served as Benningtons town manager from 1969-74, is now retired and has -been a selectman for four years. We've got some unfinished business to take care of, things like water supply and augmentation, and the sludge problem that were still working on, Lamb said Monday night.

Like several candidates interviewed Monday, Lamb mentioned the final report from the Bennington 2010 Project. The report, detailing the findings of a project designed to build a strategy to bring Bennington into the year 2010, is expected to be released shortly before the March 3 election. I'd like to see the final report from the 2010 project and see Twhat kind of input the selectmen can have in helping to achieve their goals," Lamb said. Also, I think we have to be aware of the fiscal problems the town faces occasionally, and keep a close eye on it, Jie said. Lariviere, 53, is a math teacher at Mount Anthony High School and has been on the board of selectmen for fouryears.

There are a few projects that really want to see through to completion, things like water augmentation and our new sewage plant, which is not completely on line yet. I'd like to see that finished Lariviere said Monday night. Also we brought in Kevin Ryan as the new town manager last year, and I want to see him get firmly established. I have a great deal of confidence in Lariviere said. I also think we have a lot of work to do in terms of figuring out what land in Bennington is jgoing to be used for industrial SAVE $40 Reg.

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