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    <title>Vermont Public Radio: town meeting 2010</title>
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	<title>Voices In The Week&#039;s News: March 5, 2010</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87407/voices-in-weeks-news-march-5-2010/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[These were some of the voices in the news this week.
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	<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:50:00 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Majority Of School Budgets Pass At Town Meeting</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87387/majority-school-budgets-pass-at-town-meeting/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Despite
the difficult economic climate, a vast majority of local school budgets passed at Town Meeting. Officials think that's because many school boards spent months preparing level
funded budgets.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87387/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:50:00 -0500</pubDate>
	<vpr:moreLabel><![CDATA[VPR's&nbsp;Bob&nbsp;Kinzel&nbsp;reports]]></vpr:moreLabel>	<vpr:airDate2>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:34:58 -0500</vpr:airDate2>				    <enclosure url="http://www.vpr.net/audio/news/regional_news/2010/03/Spot-0303-04k.mp3" length="1249178" type="audio/mpeg" />
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	<title>Rutland Vote May Be Difficult To Enact</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87386/rutland-vote-may-be-difficult-to-enact/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Rutland residents upset with the rising cost of government
say one way to save money would be to rein in the benefits paid to city
workers.&nbsp; But city officials say that might be difficult to do.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87386/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:50:00 -0500</pubDate>
	<vpr:moreLabel><![CDATA[VPR's&nbsp;Nina&nbsp;Keck&nbsp;reports]]></vpr:moreLabel>	<vpr:airDate2>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:34:15 -0500</vpr:airDate2>				    <enclosure url="http://www.vpr.net/audio/news/regional_news/2010/03/Spot-0303-04n.mp3" length="1094324" type="audio/mpeg" />
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	<title>Addison Towns Approve Unified Union</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87382/addison-towns-approve-unified-union/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
A
new unified union school district was formed in Addison County at town meeting yesterday. The
five towns of the Addison Northwest Supervisory Union school district all
agreed to the merger.

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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87382/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:04:25 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>GMP Says Lowell Wind Project Will Move Forward</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87379/gmp-says-lowell-wind-project-will-move-forward/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Yesterday voters in Lowell approved a measure to support the development of the
Kingdom Community Wind Project. And it was a wide margin 342 to 114. 
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87379/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:50:20 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Voters In Jamaica Complain About State, Federal Interference</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87374/voters-in-jamaica-complain-about-state-federal-int/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
Voters in the southern Vermont town of Jamaica reflected the state on
Town Meeting Day. They passed both town and school budgets, while they
complained about interference from Washington and Montpelier.

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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87374/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:34:46 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Lowell Vote For Wind, Ira Against It</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87376/lowell-vote-for-wind-ira-against/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
Two
Vermont towns voted on wind projects on Town Meeting Day, and
they ended up going separate ways.

]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87376/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:34:23 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Burlington Voters Repeal Instant Runoff Voting</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87372/burlington-voters-repeal-instant-runoff-voting/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
In
Burlington, voters repealed the instant runoff voting system
that they've used in the past two elections to choose a mayor.

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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87372/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:34:17 -0500</pubDate>
	<vpr:moreLabel><![CDATA[VPR's&nbsp;Lynne&nbsp;McCrea&nbsp;reports]]></vpr:moreLabel>					    <enclosure url="http://www.vpr.net/audio/news/regional_news/2010/03/Spot-0303apm.mp3" length="798827" type="audio/mpeg" />
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	<title>Rutland Votes In Favor Of Term Limits</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87373/rutland-votes-in-favor-term-limits/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
Rutland City officials are celebrating the fact that both the city
and school budgets passed.&nbsp; But some of those officials may be less pleased by
something else that passed - term limits.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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	<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:04:13 -0500</pubDate>
	<vpr:moreLabel><![CDATA[VPR's&nbsp;Nina&nbsp;Keck&nbsp;reports]]></vpr:moreLabel>					    <enclosure url="http://www.vpr.net/audio/news/regional_news/2010/03/Spot-0303n.mp3" length="1059634" type="audio/mpeg" />
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	<title>Stowe Votes To Eliminate Auditors</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87381/stowe-votes-to-eliminate-auditors/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
Voters in Stowe have approved a charter
change with a strange twist.

]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87381/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:06:41 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Montpelier Votes For Decriminalization</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87377/montpelier-votes-for-decriminalization/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
Montpelier officials were easily re-elected on Tuesday despite a
controversy about an overpayment to a contractor. 

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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87377/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:06:25 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Town Meeting Results From Around The Region</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87378/town-meeting-results-from-around-region/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
Island
Pond voted to support the sale of the state airport because it will help create
jobs in town.

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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87378/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:06:20 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Wilmington Voters Embrace Pergola</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87375/wilmington-voters-embrace-pergola/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
Wilmington voters embraced a new &quot;pergola&quot; built in their
downtown. The structure is in a new town park that was built on
the site of a bank that burned down. 

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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87375/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:06:16 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Island Pond voters support airport sale</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87380/island-pond-voters-support-airport-sale/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
Voters in Island Pond say they support a plan
to sell the John H. Boylan State Airport to the developer of a proposed wood pellet
manufacturing plant.

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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87380/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:06:07 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Town Meeting Day 2010 Special</title>
		<link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/48082/town-meeting-day-2010-special/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[VPR's 90-minute special with news, results, and analysis of Town Meeting Day 2010 in Vermont.&nbsp; Link through to VPR's full online coverage.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/48082/</guid>
	<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
	<vpr:moreLabel><![CDATA[Town&nbsp;Meeting&nbsp;Special&nbsp;on&nbsp;VPR]]></vpr:moreLabel>					    <enclosure url="http://www.vpr.net/audio/programs/150/2010/03/townmeeting_0302.mp3" length="40715810" type="audio/mpeg" />
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	<title>Towns Speak Out On Vermont Yankee</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87370/towns-speak-out-on-vermont-yankee/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[As of early evening, 14 towns have called on the Legislature to make sure
Vermont Yankee shuts down after its license expires in two years. 
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87370/</guid>
	<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:50:39 -0500</pubDate>
	<vpr:moreLabel><![CDATA[VPR's&nbsp;John&nbsp;Dillon&nbsp;reports]]></vpr:moreLabel>	<vpr:airDate2>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:50:40 -0500</vpr:airDate2>				    <enclosure url="http://www.vpr.net/audio/news/regional_news/2010/03/Spot-0302-03d.mp3" length="1337994" type="audio/mpeg" />
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	<title>Town Meeting Continues To Thrive In West Windsor</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87371/town-meeting-continues-to-thrive-in-west-windsor/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Business was brisk at West
Windsor's town meeting
today and concluded before noon. VPR
has been visiting West Windsor for the past several years to keep track of how the
traditional town meeting is adapting to the twenty first century.&nbsp; 
]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87371/</guid>
	<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:50:00 -0500</pubDate>
	<vpr:moreLabel><![CDATA[VPR's&nbsp;Betty&nbsp;Smith&nbsp;reports]]></vpr:moreLabel>	<vpr:airDate2>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:34:17 -0500</vpr:airDate2>				    <enclosure url="http://www.vpr.net/audio/news/regional_news/2010/03/Spot-0302-03b.mp3" length="1422631" type="audio/mpeg" />
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	<title>VPR&#039;s Betty Smith On West Windsor&#039;s Town Meeting</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87369/vprs-betty-smith-on-west-windsors-town-meeting/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[VPR's Jane Lindholm talks with reporter Betty Smith, live from the steps of the town hall in West Windsor, about their town meeting. 
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87369/</guid>
	<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:59:20 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>VPR&#039;s Ross Sneyd On The Tradition of Town Meeting</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87368/vprs-ross-sneyd-on-tradition-town-meeting/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[VPR's Jane Lindholm talks with reporter Ross Sneyd about the tradition of Town Meeting Day and previews some of the stories from town meetings across Vermont.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87368/</guid>
	<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:50:37 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Populism: Then &amp;amp; Now</title>
		<link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/48073/populism-then-now/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[From the Tea Party to the far left, we talk about the political philosophy of populism, which positions the rights of the people against the priveleged elite.&nbsp; Also, an update on hot button issues during Town Meeting Day.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/48073/</guid>
	<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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