Janet Ancel: Accusation of partisanship a low blow

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Rep. Janet Ancel, D-Calais, who is chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Joint Fiscal Committee. She was legal counsel to Gov. Howard Dean and served as tax commissioner from 2000 to 2002.In Vermont we’re a citizen Legislature, and that means we rely on nonpartisan staff to do our bill drafting, support our committees and do fiscal analysis of proposals that come before us.
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