From BurlingtonFreePress.com:

Speakers before and after Brian Dubie’s keynote address at the Vermont Tiger Symposium on Tuesday suggested the next governor of Vermont faces high fiscal hurdles.

Dubie, Republican lieutenant governor for the past eight years, wants to be Vermont’s next governor despite the looming financial problems — as do five Democrats. While the Democratic rivals crisscross the state for debates, Dubie has skipped those appearances to tour businesses and knock on doors — and speak to selected audiences.

“The state does face some daunting challenges,” Art Woolf, a University of Vermont economist, said in brief remarks to set the stage for Dubie’s presentation to a pro-economic growth audience of about 125. “We have managed to slip through by the skin of our teeth. It gets harder and harder each year.”

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