BURLINGTON, Vt. — When Mari Cordes discovered Vermont during a bike trip in 1982, the Michigan native thought she’d never leave.
“Vermont was the first place that felt like home,” she said. “And it still does.”
But Cordes, a Democrat who has served for seven years in the Vermont House of Representatives, resigned Thursday ahead of a planned move to Canada on July 4 — what she’s taken to calling her own Independence Day. A cardiovascular critical care nurse, Cordes has secured a job at a hospital in rural Nova Scotia.
Financial insecurity? You mean she’s looking forward to it?
