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    <title>Vermont Public Radio: town meeting 2012</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 16:44:55 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Monkton Picks A Town Flag</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93904/monkton-picks-town-flag/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[On
Town Meeting Day, voters
weighed in on their top three favorite of five designs chosen from a larger
pool submitted by community members. 
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93904/</guid>
	<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:37:16 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>In St. Albans, Concerns About Voting Irregularities</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93854/in-st-albans-concerns-about-voting-irregularities/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Voters in St. Albans will have to go back to
the polls to elect an alderman because a judge threw out the results from Town
Meeting Day.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93854/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:32:09 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>School Budgets Fare Well In Town Meeting Votes</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93682/school-budgets-fare-well-in-town-meeting-votes/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The
vast majority of local school budgets were approved on Town Meeting Day. Officials
say voters supported the budgets because school boards did a good job in explaining the need to increase spending this year.
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	<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:50:00 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Irene Effect Sways Town Meeting Outcomes</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93680/irene-effect-sways-town-meeting-outcomes/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Tropical Storm Irene devastation lingers in many of the Vermont communities it overwhelmed more than six months ago, and it influenced voters' decisions this week.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93680/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:50:00 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Four Towns Join In New Regional Education District</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93679/four-towns-join-in-new-regional-education-district/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Voters from four
southern Vermont towns have voted to disband their separate school
boards and form the state's first Regional Education District, or RED.&nbsp; 
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93679/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:04:00 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Burlington Mayor-Elect Miro Weinberger Prepares For New Job</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93677/burlington-mayor-elect-miro-weinberger-prepares-fo/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Democrat Miro Weinberger talks about the race and how he's going to tackle Burlington Telecom and the city's finances.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93677/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:44:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Recapping Town Meeting Results</title>
		<link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/53154/recapping-town-meeting-results/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[VPR's Jane 
Lindholm and Ross Sneyd wrap up the results of 
votes, and get your reaction to the issues debated and decided on Town 
Meeting Day.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/53154/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Tinmouth Chooses Floor Votes For Public Questions, Budgets</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93667/tinmouth-chooses-floor-votes-for-public-questions/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Voters in
Tinmouth turned out in force during Town Meeting Day balloting to decide how they
vote to compromise between secret ballots and open floor votes.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93667/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 07:34:00 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>After Business Lobbying, Montpelier Rejects Local Tax</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93666/after-business-lobbying-montpelier-rejects-local-t/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Montpelier voters have rejected the
idea of implementing a local tax on rooms, meals and sales. It appears voters followed the lead of the Capital City's business community, which campaigned heavily
against the local option taxes.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93666/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 07:34:00 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Hartford Voters Agree To Replace Iconic Covered Bridge</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93665/hartford-voters-agree-to-replace-iconic-covered-br/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The voters in Hartford opened their wallets last night, and went into debt
to replace a bridge and a library destroyed by Tropical Storm Irene. They
also approved a $4 million school bond. 
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93665/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 07:34:00 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Mood In Wilmington Is Upbeat, Six Months After Irene</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93664/mood-in-wilmington-upbeat-six-months-after-irene/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Following Tropical Storm Irene, town budgets have been complicated by uncertainty over FEMA
reimbursements and the costs of future repairs. But in some of those
hard-hit communities, the mood on Town Meeting Day seemed buoyant.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93664/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 07:34:00 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Weinberger Next Burlington Mayor, First Democrat In Decades</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93662/weinberger-next-burlington-mayor-first-democrat-in/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Democrat Miro Weinberger has been elected the next mayor of Burlington, 
defeating Republican Kurt Wright and Independent Wanda Hines. Weinberger is Burlington's first Democratic mayor in more than 30 years. 
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93662/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 07:34:00 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Castleton Rejects Moving Town Hall</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93668/castleton-rejects-moving-town-hall/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[A $2 million bond vote that stirred controversy in Castleton also
created controversy on town ballots.&nbsp;&nbsp; 
]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93668/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 07:04:00 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Romney Wins VT, But Fails To Take All Delegates</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93670/romney-wins-vt-but-fails-to-take-all-delegates/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
Vermont turned out to be friendly territory for Mitt Romney,
who spent four years as governor of neighboring Massachusetts.

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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93670/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 06:04:13 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Grand Isle Passes School Budget, Rejects Fire Station</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93673/grand-isle-passes-school-budget-rejects-fire-stati/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
Grand
Isle has struggled to pass its school budget in past years, but they passed on
the first try this year.

]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93673/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 05:30:33 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Eden, Lowell Reject Superfund Designation</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93672/eden-lowell-reject-superfund-designation/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
Voters
in Eden and Lowell have overwhelmingly rejected the idea of adding a closed
asbestos mine to the national list of Superfund hazardous waste sites. A
Superfund designation would have put the property in line for federal cleanup
money.

]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93672/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 05:28:30 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Dozens Of Towns Want Corporate Personhood Amendment</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93671/dozens-towns-want-corporate-personhood-amendment/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
Voters
in at least three dozen towns want Congress to amend the U.S. Constitution to
make clear that corporations aren't people.

]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93671/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 05:25:49 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>VT Exit Poll: Women, Conservatives Help Romney</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93663/vt-exit-poll-women-conservatives-help-romney/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Early exit poll results show female, conservative and older voters helped Mitt Romney win Vermont's Republican presidential primary.
]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93663/</guid>
	<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 21:13:01 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Franklin&#039;s Traditional Prayer Suspended For A Year</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93660/franklins-traditional-prayer-suspended-for-year/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[For years, the Canadian border town of Franklin has opened its Town Meeting with a prayer. But
with that tradition at the center of a lawsuit, the town acted with caution
this year. 
]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93660/</guid>
	<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:50:00 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Thousands Of Vermonters Weigh In On Local Issues</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93658/thousands-vermonters-weigh-in-on-local-issues/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Vermonters turned out by the thousands today to decide local
issues - and to help Republicans determine their presidential nominee. No
great statewide trends emerged from town meetings this year, except for the
traditional pride in self-government that emerges on the first Tuesday of March
every year.
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	<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:50:00 -0500</pubDate>
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