Moose, kids, cats, congress critters, northern cities, pollsters and planes!
For more, read the Scoreboard for the week ending Friday, July 12:
Winners:
F-35 coverage — The South Burlington City Council said it now supports basing F-35s in town. The Winooski City Council said it now opposes the planes. A group of medical professionals said they’re “bad for our children’s health.” And the Vermont Air Guard said they’re “the right fit” for Vermont. Like ’em or not, America’s next fighter jets were the talk of the town in Chittenden County this week.
Newport — A Newport-based cycling gear company broke ground on a new facility in Derby. The Jay Peak crew announced that a lite airplane manufacturer is coming to Newport State Airport. And, most importantly, Seven Days‘ own Corin Hirsch and Megan James cruised to Newport to see if the city’s ready for prime-time. On the downside? Newport’s North Country Hospital cut 19 jobs Tuesday, according to the Caledonian-Record. Runner-up winner: Gov. Peter Shumlin, who might be able to talk the state into buying him one of those fancy Newport lite planes. Buy local, right?
Weather forecasters — They’re the only reporters anybody wants to hear from these days. Runner-up losers: political reporters, for obvious reasons.
T.J. Donovan — The indictment this week of Winooski Police Cpl. Jason Nokes makes the Chittenden County state’s attorney look tough on (allegedly) rogue cops — something that can’t be said of erstwhile political opponent Attorney General Bill Sorrell. But by letting a grand jury do the dirty work of criminally charging the cop, Donovan avoids directly antagonizing the law enforcement community. A savvy political move by a guy looking for rematch against Sorrell?
Losers and ties after the break…
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