MONDAY Â Â EDITION
ADDISON COUNTY
INDEPENDENT
Vol. 26 No. 28
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Middlebury, Vermont
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Monday, September 15, 2014
Middlebury  rescue  scales  back  offerings  By  JOHN  FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY  —  Middlebury  Regional  EMS  has  phased  out  some  of  its  two-Âyear-Âold  expanded  ser- vices  and  has  asked  to  once  again  receive  Town  Meeting  Day  contri- butions  from  area  towns  in  order  to  stabilize  its  budget.
That  was  the  message  that  Middle- bury  Regional  EMS  board  President  Mike  Roy  gave  to  the  Middlebury  selectboard  on  Tuesday,  Sept.  9.  Roy  VDLG WKDW ZKLOH WKH QRQSUR¿W UHVFXH RUJDQL]DWLRQ LV ¿QDQFLDOO\ VROYHQW LW needs  to  become  more  conservative  (See  EMS,  Page  34)
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Mayer  to  step  down  as  president of  the  Addison  County  Chamber By  LEE  J.  KAHRS BRANDON  —  There  will  be  a  change  at  the  helm  of  the  Addison  County  Chamber  of  Commerce. Chamber  President  Andy  Mayer  announced  last  week  that  he  will  be  leaving  his  position  at  the  end  of  the  month  to  become  the  president/CEO  of  a  chamber  in  Washington  state.
Mayer  made  his  decision  pub- lic  at  the  chamber’s  annual  meet- ing  at  CafÊ  Provence  in  Brandon  on  Wednesday  night.  Also  at  the  event  —  which  nearly  80  Chamber  members  and  local  business  own- ers  attended  —  a  local  business,  an  organization  and  an  individual  were  (See  Mayer,  Page  15)
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One  each NICO,  LEFT,  AND  Saskia  Gori-ÂMontanelli  head  off  from  home  last  Thursday  morning  on  their  unicycles.  The  siblings  ride  the  one-Âwheelers  most  days  to  school,  Nico  to  Middlebury  Union  Middle  School  and  Saskia  to  Mary  Hogan  Elementary.  Read  more  on  Page  2. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell
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Gov. Douglas gives insights on lengthy career Politician looks back 40 years By  JOHN  FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY  —  Former  Gov.  Jim  Douglas  burned  through  a  lot  of  pens  during  his  eight  years  as  the  state’s  top  executive,  signing  scores  of  new  laws  and  proclamations. 7KRXJK DOPRVW IRXU \HDUV RXW RI RIÂżFH WKH Middlebury  Republican  these  past  few  weeks  has  again  been  putting  his  pen  to  the  test  —  this  time  scrawling  his  signature  on  copies  of  his  new  politi- cal  autobiography,  titled  “The  Vermont  Way:  A  Re-Â
publican  Governor  Leads  America’s  Most  Liberal  State.â€? Douglas  half  jokingly  stretched  his  signing  arm  like  a  pitcher  during  warm-Âups  as  he  sat  down  on  Thursday  to  chat  about  the  writing  of  his  book,  which  charts  his  early  interest  in  state  politics  —  which  gained  momentum  at  Middlebury  College  ² WKURXJK KLV IRXU GHFDGHV DV DQ HOHFWHG RIÂżFLDO culminating  in  a  gubernatorial  stint  that  he  was  pleased  to  depart  on  his  own  terms. Usually  measured  and  diplomatic  in  his  public  pronouncements  as  governor,  Douglas  in  his  book Â
offers  some  candid  commentary  about  some  fel- low  politicians,  the  media  and  what  he  describes  as  eroding  civility  that  he  said  is  contributing  to  grid- lock  in  both  state  and  federal  government. “I’m  quite  concerned  about  the  polarization,�  Douglas  said,  a  phenomenon  he  believes  is  caused,  in  part,  by  the  fact  that  lawmakers  are  not  spending  enough  time  collegially  outside  of  the  committee  rooms  and  House  and  Senate  chambers. “The  blue  states  are  getting  bluer  and  the  red  states  are  getting  redder,�  he  added.  “There  are  (See  Douglas,  Page  16)