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Article: Pro-activist; Peter Welch's political capital earns dividends
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- Seven Days
- Article date:
- February 9, 2005
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Vermont Senate President Pro Tem Peter Welch won't comment on the pink dog bowl parked discreetly beside the water cooler in his cloakroom-sized Capitol office.
"We have an official policy of denying any questions about Pepper," says Welch, straight-faced, about the chow/shepherd mix seen running with him during lunch hours. Welch's aide, 23-year-old Andrew Savage, smiles silently but continues typing. Welch's pet is a sensitive topic for the Windsor County Democrat, since dogs aren't allowed inside the Statehouse.
But the 57-year-old Welch opens right up on any other subject: prisons, the budget, higher education and, especially, health care, which was a favorite topic for his late wife, ...