Dan Feliciano during the 2014 gubernatorial campaign Credit: File
Dan Feliciano, who ran for governor last year on a platform of greater efficiency in government, was among the 200 Vermonters who lost their jobs Thursday at Keurig Green Mountain.

Feliciano said Friday he saw the move coming and understood the rationale behind it. His job as a production manager at the company’s Waterbury offices ended Thursday, he said.

“It’s business,” he said. “It’s absolutely OK.”

Keurig laid off 330 people companywide and about 200 in Vermont a day after the company announced sales had declined by 5 percent. Company officials said they expect the job reductions to save $300 million during the next three years.

Feliciano, who won 4 percent of the vote in the 2014 gubernatorial race as a Libertarian, is considering running for governor in 2016 as a Republican. 

The Essex resident said he’s not worried about his future. “I have a lot of options,” he said. “I have a other consulting opportunities.”

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Terri Hallenbeck was a Seven Days staff writer covering politics, the Legislature and state issues from 2014 to 2017.

3 replies on “Efficiency Advocate Feliciano Loses His Job at Keurig”

  1. Vermont is a dying state.
    Not by choice, by design.
    Economies need to PRODUCE a product to grow.
    The Progressives have all but banned that option by creating new taxes and regulations that prevent any “non – green” industry.
    The Progressive/Democratic parties have destroyed one of the most beautiful states in the nation with their fantasy “tourism economy.”
    Tourism is not sustainable economy.
    If other people run out of money, so do you.
    Exactly like socialism.

    Here is an old article that explains how truly incompetent their idea is.

    https://blog.uvm.edu/vbc/tag/peter-shumlin…

  2. Very hard to feel sorry for Dan because:

    1. He’s already so well connected/known due to his political actions that unlike most people in this situation he’s going to land on his feet. And…

    2. He gained public prominence belonging to a party/subscribing to an ideology which approves of endangering human beings and their security/safety all for private profit.

    Perfect irony.

  3. Prepare to abandon YOUR way of life to adjust to this new green policy.

    Ecotourism and International Development

    The progressive’s concept that people will come to Vermont JUST TO VISIT the windmills!

    2010
    https://blog.uvm.edu/vbc/tag/peter-shumlin…

    Nothing will stand in Blitendorf’s way now that he has the green light from the governor.

    Manufacturing must be killed in VT to mandate green energy policy.

    WCAX just printed an article on this the other day!

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