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First, we are pleased to welcome two new members to our editorial board for
2010, two individuals with the wisdom, foresight and visionary thinking to
help lead us into this next year.
Longtime journalist, filmmaker, and citizen activist *Robin Lloyd* of
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Vermont Sustainable Exchange founder and local currency expert *Amy Kirscher
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In the midst of a global economic crisis, our plans for 2010 are ambitious.
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well as exploring the radical proposition that Vermont might best govern
itself as an independent republic;***
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