Santa Claus made an early appearance last week in Montpelier. While Gov. Jim Douglas may have topped his naughty list, Matthew Manning made our loser list. Click here to see who joined him on this week's Winners & Losers.

Winners

Losers

Tom Costello

The Brattleboro attorney and former state representative announced his bid for lieutenant governor.

Nate Freeman

Though he was the first member of his party to jump in this cycle's lieutenant governor race, the recent announcement of fellow Democrat Tom Costello will force Freeman, the less experienced of the two candidates, to mount a campaign for the September primary.

Kathleen Ramsay

Killington's new town manager takes over the job after the retirement of 32 year veteran Dave Lewis.

Matthew Manning

The 22-year-old Northfield resident is charged with simple assault after hitting Gov. Jim Douglas in the face with a cream pie as he marched in the Montpelier Independence Day parade. Fleeing the scene, Manning was then tackled by Barre Mayor Thomas Lauzon.

Vermont Tubbs workers

The ailing furniture maker plans to let go of its Brandon plant along with all of its almost 90 employees.

Jim Fitzgerald

The St. Albans state representative is calling it quits. Fitzgerald expressed his frustration over the legislature's inaction on "Jessica's law" in a letter to the editor of the Saint Albans Messenger. He wrote: "Today I hang my head in shame as a member of the Vermont legislature."

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October 10, 2008

"What the state has told us is they do not want us having any interaction with the consultants or Entergy staff. We've been frozen out."

-- Arnie Gundersen, one of five members of the Vermont Yankee Oversight Panel, alleging that the state is keeping the panel from doing its job

-Brattleboro Reformer, 10/10/08
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