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Killington, Vermont secession movement
In protest against what at least two thirds of voting residents consider unjust treatment from the state of Vermont in tax and tourism development matters, Killington, Vermont voted in March 2004 (and again in March 2005) to pursue secession from Vermont and admission into the state of New Hampshire, which lies 25 miles to the east. claim that the townspeople pay the state $10 million per year in property tax]es and $10 million a year in [[sales taxes (as well as income and other taxes), but receive only $1 million a year to help fund their school system.
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