Vermont state workers are expected to show up for work Friday, though federal offices will be closed to remember former president Ronald Reagan. President Bush has declared a national day of mourning for the day of Reagan’s funeral. All federal offices and major financial markets will be closed.
But Vermont is taking a more fiscally conservative approach to the occasion. A psokesman for Governor Jim Douglas says it would cost Vermont about $1.5 million to give about 7,500 state workers a paid vacation day on Friday.
The Douglas administration is looking at other ways to honor Reagan, such as encouraging a statewide moment of silence.