Douglas has vision for average person 
Burlington Free Press 9.7.06

Gov. Jim Douglas has a vision for the future of Vermont: to make Vermont a more affordable state to live. He wants to lower the tax burden on Vermonters, provide good paying jobs, make college more affordable, make sure the state has affordable housing, and provide citizens with universal access to health care at an affordable rate.

His opponent, Scudder Parker, wishes to tax Vermonters more and therefore stifle economic and job growth, has no plan to help students like myself afford college, has no housing plan, and when he talks about health care he insists on a government run, single payer system where medical decisions are in the hands of bureaucrats instead of the doctors you know and trust. On top of all that he wants to industrialize our precious mountaintops with 300 foot windmills every two miles to get a sliver of energy at a cost that would ruin our state's natural beauty.

For me, the choice is easy who I will vote for in the upcoming election -- Gov. Jim Douglas. He is a proven leader, with a vision for Vermont that protects the average Vermonter.

HILARY MCCLOY
Burlington