January 9, 2004
VT Town Attempts To Secede
More than a few BPBers and friends have been to Killington, Vermont — some to live, some just for snowboarding. I love this article about the town of Killington expressing dissent about the state they are in.
They say the town’s restaurants, inns and other businesses send $10 million a year to the state capital in sales, room and meal taxes, but the state returns just $1 million in state aid to Killington. …
Secretary of State Deborah Markowitz said Killington has little chance of secession “absent an armed insurrection type of thing. … A town is a construction of the state and exists at the pleasure of the Legislature.” …
Posted by etrigan at January 9, 2004 1:06 PM“I love having a Vermont address. I’m proud of it. It’s a cool place to live,” said resident Steven Kelly.