Vermont Lt.Gov.Brian Dubie has been out touring Vermont. As his campaign takes shape he is more often seen standing alongside the Governor at photo ops and his press releases seem to be a regular feature on the Vermont.gov webpage. All this perhaps is trying to alleviate the image from past campaigns where he has campaigned lightly, and ducked debates.
He is also just wrapping up a lengthy statewide“jobs” tour in Chittenden County but from the Burlington Free Press reports it might more accurately be named the look-‘em-in-the-eye tour.
Dubie listened respectfully, accepted the position and added: "I vowed to look you in the eye."
It was like this between the lieutenant governor and the chorus of outspoken doubters. Dubie did look everyone in the eye.
It is unclear what magic this vow to look-‘em-in-the-eye may accomplish but it appears the Lt. Gov. is convinced it may work some magic on the self described “grumpy” titans of Vermont business he encountered. The “grumpy” yet “sage” manager of political relations for IBM gave Brian an earful.
“The business community has been talking about the same issues for two decades." To come to business at this time to ask about our perspective, O'Kane said "seems ingenuous ... it is too costly to do business in Vermont ... it is too hard to do business,"Sounds like more whine than grump but you’d have to look ‘em in eye to know.
Perhaps taken aback by what were described as the business people’s “edgy” comments and questions, the Lt. Governor did raise the specter of revolt in classic Tea Party rhetoric
In response to increasing taxes and controlling expenses, Dubie offered this prediction, "We're looking at a taxpayer revolt."
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