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Howard Weiss-Tisman
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Brave Little State
‘County Meeting Day’? Rethinking regional government in Vermont
Howard Weiss-Tisman, Burgess Brown
Vermont has among the weakest forms of county government in the United States, placing a big burden on towns. Is there a better way forward?

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