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Monday, December 19, 2005
Real VT: Senator Leahy goes shopping
Posted
By Cathy Resmer
on Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 1:56 PM
Reason # 347827859 why I love Vermont: from Hall Monitor's Darren Allen, who ran into Senator Patrick Leahy at the Hunger Mountain Food Co-op on Saturday. Leahy spent the weekend at home before returning to DC as the session winds down.
After a brief chat with the senator very much in the news latelyfor opposing President Bush's approach to renewing the Patriot Act --and for angrily denouncing a domestic spying program that has Bush verymuch on the defensive -- he bade goodbye.
As he left thecheckout line, a woman in the aisle spotted him, and started clappingloudly. Soon the entire store erupted into cheers.
I'll bet you that most senators in the country don't get that kind of a reception while stocking up on a few provisions.
I love it that it's possible to run into one of our two senators at the local co-op.
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Cathy Resmer
Bio:
Deputy publisher Cathy Resmer is an organizer of the Vermont Tech Jam. She also oversees Seven Days' parenting publication, Kids VT, and created the Good Citizen Challenge, a youth civics initiative. Resmer began her career at Seven Days as a freelance writer in 2001. Hired as a staff writer in 2005, she became the publication's first online editor in 2007.
Deputy publisher Cathy Resmer is an organizer of the Vermont Tech Jam. She also oversees Seven Days' parenting publication, Kids VT, and created the Good Citizen Challenge, a youth civics initiative. Resmer began her career at Seven Days as a freelance writer in 2001. Hired as a staff writer in 2005, she became the publication's first online editor in 2007.
