[at-l] OKAY KILLINGTON VT or NH ?????

[ellen at clinic.net (Bob C.)]

>"...What's the deal here????? Any New Englanders?

As I understand it, Vermont has a law that requires "rich" towns, i.e. those
that have a lot of valuable property relative to their populations, to
contribute to the education costs of poorer towns.

The yuppie condo owners around the ski resort objected to paying to educate kids
in poorer communities. Since New Hampshire doesn't have such a law, Killington
folks voted to join New Hampshire in hopes of lowering their taxes, the hell
with those poor kids.

The vote, however, is largely meaningless, since it can't happen unless Vermont
votes to let Killington go, and New Hampshire agrees to accept Killington. The
latter is likely. The former has zero chance of happening.

Remember. Vermont produced Howard Dean and has again and again elected the only
socialist member of the US House of Representatives -- well avowed socialist
anyway. There may be some closet members.

Weary