Chief Technology Officer Tom Evslin is very concerned and makes some charges about the behavior of Vermont’s legislature and you can read about it in West Virginia. A self proclaimed real conservative formerly head of overseeing millions in Federal ARRA spending here in Vermont was recently appointed by Gov. Douglas and charged with preparing telecom initiatives for the upcoming legislative session.He has taken his worries out of state.

Vt.Buzz points out that Evslin is quoted in the Charleston Daily.

“Some states took the stimulus money, used it as a Band-Aid and used the breathing room to make sustainable cuts in the cost of state government, and as the stimulus is withdrawn, it won’t be painless but it will be survivable,” said Evslin, who is now Vermont’s chief technology officer. “Other states have been taking the Band-Aid and not really making the changes they need to make.”

Evslin said there have already been backroom comments from some people who don’t want to make sustainable cuts precisely for that reason.

“They’re afraid if they do adapt, they won’t be able to argue for a second stimulus,” he said.

In other words, they want to spend all the money and ask for more.

“It’s a bit like killing your parents and throwing yourself on the mercy of the court because you’re an orphan,” Evslin said.

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