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Governor: Jim Douglas Jim Douglas has been the Dutch uncle of the 2002 gubernatorial campaign, the candidate who has continually shaken his finger and sternly warned that Vermont faces difficult financial times that will require major changes in state government to overcome. Vermont is caught in a fiscal trap. State revenues are declining while health care, education and other costs are rising. Something must give. The next governor must make tough choices to balance the taxpayer pocketbook against pressing and incessant demands for government services. Jim Douglas is the candidate best suited to make those decisions. That is why The...