March 17 GUEST: Erhard Mahnke, Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition NEWS: Update – sweatfree legislation passed the house last week I was in Brattleboro this weekend – saw the students, very exciting – important for youth to be involved. Recession – Bears and Sterns – first since Great Depression – picture doesn’t look good. Cost of living in Vermont – Livable Wage, we need to reduce costs, including housing which we will be talking about. While more and more Vermonters are falling off the cliff of poverty the richest VTers are getting richer – listen to these numbers – DOUG’s SHEET As a young Vermonter in my twenties, I hear a lot about how Vermonters, and esp. native Vermonters my age are leaving Vermont. Atticdotally, I can tell you this is true to some extent but I know a lot of folks who want to come back and have. Recent Free Press article – debunking the numbers the state talks about.
GUEST: Erhard Mahnke, Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition NEWS: Update – sweatfree legislation passed the house last week I was in Brattleboro this weekend – saw the students, very exciting – important for youth to be involved. Recession – Bears and Sterns – first since Great Depression – picture doesn’t look good. Cost of living in Vermont – Livable Wage, we need to reduce costs, including housing which we will be talking about. While more and more Vermonters are falling off the cliff of poverty the richest VTers are getting richer – listen to these numbers – DOUG’s SHEET As a young Vermonter in my twenties, I hear a lot about how Vermonters, and esp. native Vermonters my age are leaving Vermont. Atticdotally, I can tell you this is true to some extent but I know a lot of folks who want to come back and have. Recent Free Press article – debunking the numbers the state talks about.
GUEST: Erhard Mahnke, Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition
NEWS:
Update – sweatfree legislation passed the house last week
I was in Brattleboro this weekend – saw the students, very exciting – important for youth to be involved.
Recession – Bears and Sterns – first since Great Depression – picture doesn’t look good.
Cost of living in Vermont – Livable Wage, we need to reduce costs, including housing which we will be talking about.
While more and more Vermonters are falling off the cliff of poverty the richest VTers are getting richer – listen to these numbers – DOUG’s SHEET
As a young Vermonter in my twenties, I hear a lot about how Vermonters, and esp. native Vermonters my age are leaving Vermont. Atticdotally, I can tell you this is true to some extent but I know a lot of folks who want to come back and have.
Recent Free Press article – debunking the numbers the state talks about.
March 2nd, 2008
