Gas tax hike proposed to fund road repairs
MONTPELIER — A lawmaker is drafting legislation that would increase the state gas tax to help towns pay for repairing roads damaged by Tropical Storm Irene. Rep. Margaret Cheney, a Democrat representing Norwich, Strafford, Sharon and Thetford ...
Sign of hope for building trades
“New growth is something new added to the tax base,” finance director Irene Larivee said ... if our local revenues are truly trending up or just stabilizing.” Steve Cheney, of Cheney Brothers Building & Remodeling, said the island construction ...
Damage by Irene To Exceed $500M
Even if the federal aid comes through, some Valley lawmakers are also suggesting a temporary increase in the gas tax may be needed to pay for Irene-related repairs. State Rep. Margaret Cheney, a Norwich Democrat, yesterday said she has asked for ...
The power of wishful thinking
Enough time has elapsed, however, for Cheney to come up with a cover story for that ... could be written off as a joke in questionable taste. In retrospect, with Irene on the way, the long distance announcement was just as well.
Letter: Corporate welfare, but no jobs
Not much over a week ago, as the heavily Democratic northeast was beset by flooding from Hurricane Irene, Rep. Eric Cantor ... from our collective memory the horrors of the Bush-Cheney disaster. There is palpable fear in the party that Bush ...