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"There's been some people that don't quite understand that, but it's very consistent with what my father did for us," [Dubie] says. "My father was given an opportunity to go for higher income to New York City and said, *You know, I got six kids and I don't think I'm going to do that.' When you graduate from the academy, which I really wanted to do, it's, like, a 12-year commitment. So it's really not just about graduating from the academy, it's about serving for 12 years after you go to pilot training."
In addition to being the governor's understudy, the lieutenant governor is the Senate's tiebreaker. Dubie has only been in that position three times, according to Senate records. He voted "yes" in 2007 to exempt towns from paying state fees associated with taking over storm-water permits from developers; he voted "no" that same year on a bill pertaining to the Vermont Telecommunications Authority; and in 2009, he voted "yes" on a controversial move to let assistant judges serve as probate judges - a provision later stripped from the final bill.Dubie opposed civil unions when the legislature, under court order, was debating how to provide marriage equality in Vermont. Video from a public hearing on January 25, 2000, shows Dubie, dressed in a blue pullover, urging a panel of lawmakers to protect "our traditional" marriage. Our families are delicate, Dubie told lawmakers. "They're under stress in this state, in this country. And if we're going to break new ground, then we should stick with what our framers said and amend the constitution and give it more than two nights of public input and really study this thing."See the full content of this document
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Candidate Profile
Born in 1959, the middle of seven children, Dubie is a fifth-generation Vermonter. His father, Clem, was a colonel in the Vermont National Guard, where he worked full time in human resources. His mother, Janice, worked as an operating-room nurse at what is now Fletcher Allen Health Care.
Dubie's interest in aviation developed early. His father used to take the family to the airport to watch the Vermont Guard planes taking...See the full content of this document
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