The idea is we have over 20,000 Vermonters who have suspended licenses and many of them are suspended because they can't afford to pay the mounting fines.

Peter Shumlin

Peter Elliott Shumlin (born March 24, 1956) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who serves as the 81st and current Governor of Vermont and has served as chair of the Democratic Governors Association since December 2012. First elected Governor in 2010, he was re-elected by a large margin in 2012. In 2014 he received a narrow plurality in his race for reelection, but did not attain the 50 percent threshold required by the Vermont Constitution, requiring the Vermont General Assembly to select the winner in January 2015.

All Peter Shumlin quotes | Peter Shumlin Books