Secession fever: live free ... or in Vermont.

• Author: Metchis, Hanah
• Position: Citings - Brief Article

RESIDENTS OF Killington, a ski town in Vermont, were so mad about their high state taxes that in March they approved a plan to secede from the state and join neighboring New Hampshire. Now other towns want to flee Vermont as well, and they're asking Killington officials for advice. Dorset, Ludlow, and Manchester have already held town meetings to learn about secession; other town may follow.

David Lewis, town manager of Killington, says the state of Vermont is bleeding the resort towns dry to benefit less prosperous towns. Killington residents pay $10 million in property taxes but receive only $1 million from the state...