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December 19, 2015
Ferrisburgh woman in jail FERRISBURGH Ñ On Dec. 10, at approximately 6:30 p.m., Vermont State Police were advised of an assault complaint that occurred at a residence on Middlebrook Road in Ferrisburgh. The unidentified victim arrived at the VSP New Haven Barracks to report that he had been allegedly assaulted by Sonya Hamner, 51, of Ferrisburgh. After further investigation, Hamner was subsequently taken into custody. Due to lack of bail, Hamner was lodged at the Chittenden County Correctional Center.
Multiple injuries in Route 7 accident FERRISBURGH Ñ Vermont State Police responded to a a multiple motor vehicle crash on U.S. Route 7 in the Town of Ferrisburgh at approximately 2:33 p.m. Prior to this collision, driver Ora Turner 55, of Rutland, was traveling northbound on U.S. Route 7 in The Town of Ferrisburgh. While traveling northbound, Turner drove left of the center line and collided with a vehicle traveling southbound. Turner sustained a broken arm and leg. TurnerÕ s passenger, Nancy Burrell, 72, of Rutland, sustained possible broken ribs and sternum. The driver of the second vehicle, Scott Laramee, 55, of South Burlington, sustained a broken femur and hip fracture. Members of the Charlotte and Vergennes rescue squads repsonded at the scene and the injured were taken to UVM Medical Center hospital. The accident forced the closing of Route 7 for a short time while rescue crews helped the injured and removed the wrecks and debris.
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By Lou Varricchio lou@addison-eagle.com RUTLAND Ñ Rutland resident and explorer Roderick Ò RickÓ Pingree was never one for sitting at home in front of a television set or computer screen. An active person all his life, he is best known locally for exploring Vermont caves and abandoned underground mines, including a 19th-century gold mine located on private property in Bridgewater. Pingree was safely harnessed when he plunged in roaring, cold water to document Ò lostÓ HerbÕ s Falls in the Green Mountain National Forest in Mount Tabor, Vt. Pingree and his wife Kathy spent nearly 7 years visiting 230 wild locations around the Green Mountain State to write their new CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
Just in time for school vacation Addison County Transit Resources’s daily Snow Bowl Shuttle Bus will follow its new winter schedule starting Dec. 19. See page 3 inside this week’s Vermont Eagle for a news story with more details about where (and when) to catch the bus.
Pro/con debate on carbon tax’s effect on Vermont By Bruce Parker
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Against: Rob Roper, left, and John McClaughry, presidents of the Ethan Allen Institute, argued against the carbon tax. Bruce Parker photos
MONTPELIER Ñ At the Capitol Plaza Hotel last week, a standing-room-only crowd listened to a lively debate on imposing a $500 million carbon tax on gasoline, heating oil, propane and other fossil fuels to address global warming. Instead of debating whether global warming is a threat, or man-made, panelists focused on what impact a carbon tax would have on VermontÕ s economy, and whether it would reduce CO2 levels in the atmosphere in any meaningful way. As proposed by legislative sponsors, VermontÕ s carbon tax legislation would impose a $10 per ton tax on carbon in 2017, rising incrementally to $100 per ton in 2027. The tax would generate $100 million in state revenue in 2019 and $500 million in 2027. Paul Burns, executive director of the environmental group VPIRG, and Jon Erickson, a
fellow at University of VermontÕ s Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, argued for the tax. Against the policy were Rob Roper and John McClaughry, leaders of the free-market think tank the Ethan Allen Institute. Ò Our climate is in dire straits,Ó Burns said in his opening statement. Ò It is being damaged every day by fossil fuel companies who are making huge tremendous profits by polluting our environment and essentially throwing their waste into our atmosphere for free.Ó He said every state and individual had a moral responsibility to do something to avert future weather disaster, and claimed the tax would create 2,000 new jobs and cut VermontÕ s carbon emissions by 2 million tons annually. Ò ItÕ s good economic policy, itÕ s good environmental policy and itÕ s a win-win for the state,Ó he said. Roper countered by accusing Burns and VPIRG of engaging in false advertising. Ò This is fundamentally dishonest,Ó Roper CONTINUED ON PAGE 7