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8B THE BURLINGTON FREE PRESS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1992 CAMPAIGN '92 5 candidates vie for House seats in Chittenden 7-2 By Tom Hacker Free Press Staff Writer Two Democrats, two independents and a Progressive will vie for the two House seats in the Chittenden 7-2 District, encompassing parts of Burlington's downtown and Old North End neighborhoods. Lyndol Atkins, 57, is making his first run for public office as ested in making the process as easy as possible, but I wouldn't -support any changes that would undermine wise land use." Smith said he favors rolling back the rooms and meals tax and the sales tax enacted two years ago. Smith, a former two-term Burlington city councilor, teaches adult basic education. He is seek- ing his second term in the Legis- lature. Democrat Michael Hackett, Tom Smith John Tracy an independent v- Independent John Patrick Tracy, 40, said legislative focus should be on erasing poverty in neighborhoods like the Old North End.

Tracy, who seeks office for the first time, describes himself as a house-husband and cares for five young children. "People must have adequate health care, day care, and jobs with a livable wage," he said. The real beneficiaries of economic development should be the "kids, single parents and the elderly," he said. "All of us in this district, I think, understand that." A decision phasing out some tax increases should await a budget review, Tracy said. "I think we have to take a realistic view.

If the revenues continue to fall, it may be an unrealistic expectation. We have to maintain the basic functions of running the state." Act 250 might have saved the state from financial problems that result from overdevelopment, and should be safeguarded, he said. "We all realize that we have to have economic growth, but we can do it without sacrificing our environment. I don't want to compromise the state." Incumbent Progressive Tom Smith, 47, said health care reform was the most important non-budgetary issue facing the next Legislature. "I represent a high precentage of working poor who do not have access to health care, who can't get in the door of a doctor's office because they don't have health insurance," he said.

"We have to have 100 percent accessibility to the health care system." The process of obtaining an Act 250 permit should be streamlined without dismantling the intent of the law, Smith said. like most legislators, am inter 47, an employee of International Business Machines filed as a candidate in the district after" failing in a bid to get a state and said he would put his experience as president of the Burlington municipal employees union to work in the Legislature. "I think considered with caution, he said. "If there's a way that we can make Act 250 work more efficiently, I'm for it. I do not support gutting Act 250." The law reviews developments according to 10 environmental criteria.

Bjerke said the Legislature might be forced to choose which temporary taxes should be allowed to expire. "If we're not able to sunset all of the taxes, I would like to cut the most regressive taxes first," he said, "such as the income tax increase for those earning less than $30,000." Michael Hackett Alan Bjerke as a neighborhood organizer in the Old North End, spearheading its Green-Up Day. The most important issue to residents of Burlington's core is health care, Bjerke said. "What people want is someone who will take a pragmatic approach to it, rather than an ideological approach. "The second most important issue is job growth," he said.

"One of the best ways to do that is through making capital available for small businesses." Act 250 reform should be L. Atkins Senate nomination in September's primary. Hackett could not be reached for comment. He told the Free Press September he advocated reducing. the property tax burden.

one of the prio- B118AR Jx-n f-o nOCV GANG fA rities not only for 7-2, but for the whole state, is health care," Atkins said. Voters in his district are spending too much of their income on housing costs, Atkins said. "Affordable housing is a big concern of mine. Most available housing is priced out of their range." Temporary tax increases should expire next year as scheduled, Atkins said. "To be realistic, they could always be brought back," he said.

"But that was a promise that was made to the taxpayer, and it should be kept." Atkins confesses he must learn more about prospects for reform of Act 250, Vermont's development-control law. "I'm not an expert on that, but it seems like it does need some streamlining," he said. "The process itself is a good process." Democrat Alan Bjerke, 30, is making his second run for the House, having lost a close race four years ago. He has experience mm Ipfor SMOKE 503! 1 11 II to mm. DITICTOf? Clean easy knockouts For new construction tz Battery ET7R7FT7 A- Powered vvi 111 i mil 11 11 Masury Paint Sale! I BATTERY I I IincujdedJ A JT- 3 FOOT WHITE WHITE TRACK fi.font I 1m vsrovaiarMJBP WITH 3 WHITE HEADS 15ft.

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To get a copy of a rule or make suggestions to the agency, call or write the contact person listed below. You may also comment on the proposal by writing the Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules, State House, Montpelier, VT 05602 (828-2231). AABD PROGRAM Vermont Proposed Rule: 92-P76 AGENCY: Human Services, Dept. of Social Welfare CONCISE SUMMARY: This rule implements the reduction In payments In the AABD program required by Section 123 of H. 937.

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