Anthony Pollina
| Anthony Pollina | |
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| Member of the Vermont Senate from the Washington district |
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Assumed office 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Phil Scott |
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February 17, 1952 Ridgewood, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Political party | Progressive |
| Spouse(s) | Deborah Wolf |
| Alma mater | Johnson State College |
Anthony Pollina (born February 17, 1952) is an American Progressive politician who has served as a member of the Vermont Senate since 2011.
Anthony Pollina was born in Ridgewood, New Jersey on February 17, 1952, the son of Salvatore Pollina and Matilda (Corbo) Pollina. In 1977, he graduated from Johnson State College with a bachelor's degree in political science and environmental studies. At Johnson State, his professors included Bill Doyle, with whom he later served in the State Senate.
Pollina's career includes working as a teacher and the headmaster for an alternative school. In addition, he has taught at Johnson State College, the Community College of Vermont and Vermont College.
In addition to serving in the legislature, Pollina is head of the Vermont Democracy Fund.
Pollina served as a Senior Policy Advisor for then Congressman Bernie Sanders from 1991-1996.
He worked as policy director and executive director for the Vermont Public Interest Research Group in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
During the 1997 and 1998 sessions of the Vermont Legislature, Pollina advocated for campaign finance legislation that established public funding for statewide political campaigns. In 2002, when his campaign for lieutenant governor failed to qualify for public funding, he filed suit in federal court to overturn the law.
In 2003, Pollina started Equal Time Radio, a political and current events radio show broadcast on Waterbury's WDEV. He quit the radio program in 2007 in order to run for Governor.
Pollina was a founding board member of the Vermont Milk Company, a farmer owned and operated dairy in Hardwick, Vermont. The company was established in 2006 with a focus on paying farmers a higher than average price for milk and marketing the products locally. Pollina resigned in 2008 to focus on his campaign for governor.
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