Friday, April 11, 2014

Shumlin names new health care reform chief, commerce secretary

Former Executive Director of the Springfield Regional Development Corporation Pat Moulton will be Vermont's new Commerce Secretary.
http://www.wcax.com/story/25212229/gov-shumlin-names-new-commerce-secretary-health-care-reform-chief

8 comments :

  1. Sadly anyone from the Springfield Regional Development Corporation acceding to a governmental position in the state spells doom for it's residents. A corporation that features one worthless taxpayer boondoggle after another is a great training ground for working in government.

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  2. A rather suspicious appointment, as was her previous within the Shumlin administration.

    During her tenure here in Springfield with SRDC, I'm not aware of any significant business development she was responsible for. As a matter of fact, Goldman and their bank divested themselves of all assets here under her watch, putting hundreds of long time employees out on the street. All of which was avoidable as a number of firms expressed interest in picking up the pieces if union concessions and tax abatements could be offered.

    Keep in mind, she was gifted the SRDC position from her Father, Al Moulton. And for this, she now shear heads the State's business development? We're doomed. Get out while you can.

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  3. I plan on it! There is nepotism in the schools, town offices and highway departments. This is what transpires when you don't have competent individuals with credentials doing their jobs instead pushing personal agendas.

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  4. She was Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Labor for several years. I had the misfortune of having to interact with her after he agency stuck it to my business. All I got from her was mealy-mouth bla-bla. And this after she had helped me establish my business in Speingfield when she had been at SRDC.

    She is exactly the right person to head up this boondoggle that Shumlin and his out-of-state supporters have cooked up.

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  5. Government is the refuge for private sector failures and this is yet another shining example of that.

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  6. Whoops looks like I wasn't awake when I posted. Moulton as Commerce Secretary? That's worse than I thought. I thought Shumlin was putting her in charge of the healthcare mess he's created. She certainly has experience making things difficult for small businesses after her stint at VT DOL.

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  7. Only in government can failure be so well and so easily rewarded.

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  8. Kicking the incompetwnt can down the road is all they know how to do in Montpeleir.

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