I post this not because I am trying to be snarky--rather, I didn't know this (if I did, I forgot it):
Gov. Richard A. Snelling, a Republican businessman who helped guide Vermont during a tenure that spanned three decades and two national recessions, died of a heart attack yesterday at his home in Shelburne, Vt. He was 64.Control of Vermont's government immediately shifted from the Republicans to the Democrats, as Lt. Gov. Howard Dean, a Democrat from Burlington, assumed the governorship by constitutional mandate.
Dean, 42, a physician, was formally sworn in by Chief Justice Frederick Allen at the State House at 3 p.m., seven hours after Snelling's State Police driver discovered the governor's body near his swimming pool.
Analysts predicted Snelling's death would create major repercussions in state government and in Vermont's Republican Party.
Source: The Boston Globe, August 15,1991, page 1.
(I came across this doing some research)
Posted by Steven Taylor at August 4, 2024 02:17 PM | TrackBackSteven Snarky. I like the sound of that. You should change your name. Better yet, just drop the Steven and be like Cher or Charo -- Snarky.
And perhaps we can make it a campaign issue that Dean can't be all that good of a doctor (unlike Bill Frist), because he didn't save this guy.
Finally, isn't it odd that Dean was Lt. Gov at age 42. He must not have been a practicing physician all that long.
Posted by: John Lemon at August 4, 2024 02:24 PMI'll talk to my wife about the name-change. Indeed, "Dr. Snarky" sounds like a smashingly good sitcom.
And 42 is also the answer to the question of life, the universe and everything. Coincidence!?
I 'spect so.
Posted by: Steven at August 4, 2024 02:34 PMYou could call it CPO Snarky.
Posted by: James Joyner at August 4, 2024 02:40 PMEven better!
But here's the real question: how many folks get the reference? Sadly, I do.
Posted by: Steven at August 4, 2024 02:41 PM