Scott, Minter go head to head on taxes in Vermont PBS debate

COLCHESTER — The three major party candidates for governor squared off under the purple lights of the Vermont PBS studios Thursday, jostling over the question of whether Republican, Democrat or Liberty Union ideas would catapult Vermont to the best possible future.

With just over a month before the Nov. 8 election, Republican Phil Scott and Democrat Sue Minter each turned up the heat. Former Red Sox pitcher Bill “Spaceman” Lee — the candidate for the Liberty Union Party — stretched before the event began, literally, and offered his own prophetic vision for the Green Mountain State. His answers were often delivered in proverbs.

“I am a gun-hunting right-wing,” Lee explained to the audience. “But I also have a liberal heart.”

Lee’s libertarian pitch includes higher pay, environmental protections and, above all else, better public health through vigorous exercise and access to fresh Vermont farm fare.

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