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Cape Selectman Was Involved in Vermont Secession Attempt

The current chairman of the Yarmouth Board of Selectmen on Cape Cod was also a selectman in the town of Killington, Vermont when the town tried to secede from that state and join New Hampshire about a dozen years ago. In 1997, a change in state law by the Vermont legislature shifted the burden of paying for public schools in the state partly onto the backs of property owners in Killington, a town in central Vermont that generates huge tax revenue to the state because of ski resorts there.

The current chairman of the Yarmouth Board of Selectmen on Cape Cod was also a selectman in the town of Killington, Vermont when the town tried to secede from that state and join New Hampshire about a dozen years ago. In 1997, a change in state law by the Vermont legislature shifted the burden of paying for public schools in the state partly onto the backs of property owners in Killington, a town in central Vermont that generates huge tax revenue to the state because of ski resorts there.…