The results from the mock election are as follows:
Barrack Obama: 161
John McCain: 51
Hillary Clinton: 24
Other: 15
Total Votes: 251
The winners we randomly chose to win the prizes were:
1st Prize (180 Lindt Truffles): Rob Rush
2nd Prize (Speaker System): Tara Campbell
3rd Prize (Gas Card): Dan Merrill
4th Prize (CCR T-Shirt): Mike Thulander
We would like to congratulate the winners and thank everyone who participated in the mock election at Champlain College on Thursday March 27th, 2008.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Achieving Energy Efficiency and Affordability
By Governor Jim Douglas
Our state can be the “Silicon Valley” of environmental commerce, benefiting from a steadily increasing demand for fuel efficiency and environmental services, and creating more and better paying jobs. It’s a perfect market for Vermont. We reject the notion that jobs come at the expense of the environment, and that environmental protection must be compromised in order to have economic progress.
Vermont has shown that there is an alternative to the superficial conflict between those who seek economic growth and job creation and those who seek environmental preservation. This third way — the Vermont Way — recognizes that our economy and environment are co-dependent. One cannot thrive without the other.
We need both a growing economy and healthy environment, for example, to retain and recruit the next generation of skilled employees whose work ethics and sharp minds attract companies that expand and innovate. And by making smart, targeted investments in job creation and our natural environment — and by making health care, home ownership and the tax burden more affordable — our families will prosper.
That’s why I was proud to sign into law last week the Energy Efficiency and Affordability Act of 2008, establishing an efficiency program and making other investments in an affordable, sustainable energy future. This legislation encourages economic growth and helps homeowners and businesses save money by reducing fuel consumption.
The new fuel-efficiency program will coordinate expertise, technical assistance, and resources to help Vermonters make their homes and businesses more energy efficient — using both grants and loans to help reduce the initial expense of these improvements — and encourage job creation in the private fuel-efficiency market. Based on the most current research, homes and businesses that take full advantage of the program could see nearly a 3 to 1 return on investment.
The legislation also continues to support the use of renewable energy in Vermont through an increased use of net-metering, changes to farm energy programs and the use of biodiesel in state buildings and vehicle fleet.
It was important to me that these efforts not increase the tax burden. That is why $1.6 million of funding for the program will come from existing revenues. Another $2.4 million in funding will come from Vermont’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).
This spring, the Department of Public Service will convene a series of workshops to develop a Request for Proposal (RFP) on how to best to create the new fuel-efficiency program. The RFP will be ready this fall, and the program should be operational in 2009.
This legislation is a significant investment in building a stronger, more innovative economy. It’s an important indication that Vermont has become a leader in the rapidly expanding global market for environmental products, services and solutions. And it’s a valuable reminder of what can be accomplished in Montpelier when progress prevails over partisanship.
Our state can be the “Silicon Valley” of environmental commerce, benefiting from a steadily increasing demand for fuel efficiency and environmental services, and creating more and better paying jobs. It’s a perfect market for Vermont. We reject the notion that jobs come at the expense of the environment, and that environmental protection must be compromised in order to have economic progress.
Vermont has shown that there is an alternative to the superficial conflict between those who seek economic growth and job creation and those who seek environmental preservation. This third way — the Vermont Way — recognizes that our economy and environment are co-dependent. One cannot thrive without the other.
We need both a growing economy and healthy environment, for example, to retain and recruit the next generation of skilled employees whose work ethics and sharp minds attract companies that expand and innovate. And by making smart, targeted investments in job creation and our natural environment — and by making health care, home ownership and the tax burden more affordable — our families will prosper.
That’s why I was proud to sign into law last week the Energy Efficiency and Affordability Act of 2008, establishing an efficiency program and making other investments in an affordable, sustainable energy future. This legislation encourages economic growth and helps homeowners and businesses save money by reducing fuel consumption.
The new fuel-efficiency program will coordinate expertise, technical assistance, and resources to help Vermonters make their homes and businesses more energy efficient — using both grants and loans to help reduce the initial expense of these improvements — and encourage job creation in the private fuel-efficiency market. Based on the most current research, homes and businesses that take full advantage of the program could see nearly a 3 to 1 return on investment.
The legislation also continues to support the use of renewable energy in Vermont through an increased use of net-metering, changes to farm energy programs and the use of biodiesel in state buildings and vehicle fleet.
It was important to me that these efforts not increase the tax burden. That is why $1.6 million of funding for the program will come from existing revenues. Another $2.4 million in funding will come from Vermont’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).
This spring, the Department of Public Service will convene a series of workshops to develop a Request for Proposal (RFP) on how to best to create the new fuel-efficiency program. The RFP will be ready this fall, and the program should be operational in 2009.
This legislation is a significant investment in building a stronger, more innovative economy. It’s an important indication that Vermont has become a leader in the rapidly expanding global market for environmental products, services and solutions. And it’s a valuable reminder of what can be accomplished in Montpelier when progress prevails over partisanship.
Monday, March 17, 2008
VOTE in the Mock Election on March 27th in the Atrium!!!
On Thursday, March 27th, the CCR's will be hosting a Mock Election in the atrium from 11:45-2:00 (lunch) and 4:30-7:00 (dinner). Come get FREE POP CORN, Presidential candidate information, and win some COOL PRIZES; all you have to do is VOTE! The Mock Election results will be posted right here on our web site on Friday, March 28th.
Contact us at ChamplainRepublicans@gmail.com for more information.
Hope to see you there!
Contact us at ChamplainRepublicans@gmail.com for more information.
Hope to see you there!
Monday, March 3, 2008
TOWN MEETING DAY! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!!!!
Don’t forget to VOTE! on Tuesday, March 4th
This Tuesday is Vermont’s presidential primary day, and it is critical that everyone turn out at the polls to support your candidate of choice. John McCain, Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul are on the ballot for Republicans. The close and fierce battle on the Democrats side between Obama and Clinton will likely bring a large force of Democrat voters out to the polls. Make sure you are there to counter this surge and help our select board, school board, etc candidates and issues down the ticket.
Both parties are looking for a final knock-out blow for primary campaigns. Tuesday may very well be the day that determines who the nominees will be for the general election. Don’t miss out on being a part of this historic event!
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Election Night Event
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Gather with other John McCain supporters at Mulligan's Pub in Barre to watch tomorrow's primary returns! Sen. McCain will plan to call in to thank all his local supporters.
VT McCain Primary Night Victory Party
6:00pm
Mulligan's Irish Pub
9 Maple St.
Barre , Vermont
VT McCain Primary Night Victory Party
6:00pm
Mulligan's Irish Pub
Reminder
Tomorrow is a big day! It's the Vermont Primary and Town Meeting Day!
Interested in helping out with a campaign? Contact Jeff Bartley at jbartley@vtgop.org
Interested in helping out with a campaign? Contact Jeff Bartley at jbartley@vtgop.org
Sunday, March 2, 2008
A Must Read Editorial
Below is an editorial published in the Burlington Free Press today. It really hits home on how irresponsible the Democratic Party is acting in the Vermont Legislature.
Editorial: Move Past Old Battles on School Funding
Click Here for the source
Here we go again. The Legislature is again tinkering with the way we pay for public schools, this time seeking to overturn a plan passed last session even before people have had a chance to try it out.
This constant fiddling with the funding mechanism is a distraction from the real issue of figuring out what kind of education we want our public schools to provide for our children, and how much of it we can afford.
That's the question voters will be dealing with at town meetings around the state as many communities cast ballots on school budgets.
The provision before the House is what's known as the "think twice" plan, under which school budgets are split in two if the increase tops the rate of inflation plus one percentage point. This gives people a chance to vote separately on a "basic budget" and on the additional spending increase.
Think twice was the result of a last-minute compromise at the close of the last legislative session, a way to include a "cost containment" provision in the education funding bill insisted on by Gov. Jim Douglas.
This was a flawed concept from a start, based on the assumption that voters fail to grasp the significance of school budget increases they were approving. Splitting the budget in two also can give the wrong impression that the proposed spending above the cap is somehow optional or less a part of the overall needs of a school district.
The attempt to repeal the think-twice provision is unlikely to get far with the Senate unenthusiastic about reconsidering the plan. Yet, to attempt to go back on the agreement with the Douglas administration by repealing the plan cast doubt on the sincerity of legislative negotiators who worked out the deal, and the lawmakers who approved it. That is a formula guaranteed to sour talks between legislators and the administration next time a controversial issue comes up.
Most of all, another debate over the think-twice plan is one more distraction. Vermonters are ill-served when legislators insist on re-fighting past battles. When it comes to paying for education, lawmakers need to keep their focus on the difficult task of helping to create the public school system we need at a cost we can afford.
Editorial: Move Past Old Battles on School Funding
Click Here for the source
Here we go again. The Legislature is again tinkering with the way we pay for public schools, this time seeking to overturn a plan passed last session even before people have had a chance to try it out.
This constant fiddling with the funding mechanism is a distraction from the real issue of figuring out what kind of education we want our public schools to provide for our children, and how much of it we can afford.
That's the question voters will be dealing with at town meetings around the state as many communities cast ballots on school budgets.
The provision before the House is what's known as the "think twice" plan, under which school budgets are split in two if the increase tops the rate of inflation plus one percentage point. This gives people a chance to vote separately on a "basic budget" and on the additional spending increase.
Think twice was the result of a last-minute compromise at the close of the last legislative session, a way to include a "cost containment" provision in the education funding bill insisted on by Gov. Jim Douglas.
This was a flawed concept from a start, based on the assumption that voters fail to grasp the significance of school budget increases they were approving. Splitting the budget in two also can give the wrong impression that the proposed spending above the cap is somehow optional or less a part of the overall needs of a school district.
The attempt to repeal the think-twice provision is unlikely to get far with the Senate unenthusiastic about reconsidering the plan. Yet, to attempt to go back on the agreement with the Douglas administration by repealing the plan cast doubt on the sincerity of legislative negotiators who worked out the deal, and the lawmakers who approved it. That is a formula guaranteed to sour talks between legislators and the administration next time a controversial issue comes up.
Most of all, another debate over the think-twice plan is one more distraction. Vermonters are ill-served when legislators insist on re-fighting past battles. When it comes to paying for education, lawmakers need to keep their focus on the difficult task of helping to create the public school system we need at a cost we can afford.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
UPDATE
Champlain College might be on vacation - but the Champlain College Republicans are still in action.
1) The Shirts Are In! And they look great!
2) We'll be setting up a booth in coordination with Nancy Cathcart on Monday with information on your favorite Republican Presidential Candidates.
3) Champlain College Republicans have been helping out Paul Decelles and Karen Paul with their City Council races in Burlington.
4) We're gearing up for next weeks Town Meeting Day and Presidential Primary!
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