Each week when we compile The Scoreboard, we send out anemail to a number of friends, sources and other assorted scofflaws asking their help in identifying the week’s winners and losers in Vermont news and politics.
This week, every single person who replied suggested thesame name for our loser column: Gov. Peter Shumlin.
We’ve never seen that kind of uniformity.
So this time we’re going to switch things up a bit and startwith the losers. Without further ado, here’s The Scoreboard for the week endingFriday, May 24:
Losers:
Gov. Peter Shumlin — Politics and shady-looking land deals just don’t mix. Ask Bill Clinton. Worse yet are rumors of FBI investigations. But the biggest problem for the governor in his dispute with neighbor Jeremy Dodge is that it reinforces the notion that he’s a cold-hearted capitalist with little regard for poor Vermonters. Whether there’s more to the story than meets the eye — and we suspect there is — this has simply been a terrible week for Peter Shumlin.
Chittenden County — It is one soggy mess.
Magic Hat — Wait, aren’t Vermonters supposed to be the good guys in trademark disptutes?
Winners after the break…
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