Tuesday, October 21, 2008 – 8:50 pm
By Shaari S. Mittel, League of Women Voters of Brookline
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The League of Women Voters of Brookline urges citizens to vote NO Nov. 4 on Ballot Question 1 — a proposed law to eliminate the state income tax as of January 2009. This is a reckless proposal that would cut $12 billion from the state’s tax base, or 40 percent of the state’s $27 billion budget.
Twelve billion dollars less in state funding for public works projects, public safety, school budgets and other state services, such as Medicaid, will have dire consequences in our communities. Cutting…
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008 – 8:47 pm
By Pat Berger/guest columnist
Wed Oct 15, 2008
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Voters in Precincts 14, 15 and 16 in Brookline (Michael Rush’s district) will have the opportunity to vote on a non-binding ballot question on Nov. 4. The ballot question was initiated by Mass-Care, the organization that sponsors the campaign for single-payer health care reform in Massachusetts.
The wording of the ballot question is: “Shall the representative from this district be instructed (1) to support legislation that establishes health care as a human right regardless of age, state of health or employment status, by creating a single payer…
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Monday, October 20, 2008 – 12:12 pm
Chestnut Hill- Brookline resident and Co-chair of Mass-Care, masscare.org Pat Berger included this timeless quote of Dr. King’s quest for health care for all in her below editorial published recently in the Boston Herald owned chain newspaper, Brookline Tab, brooklinewickedlocal.com.
Let’s help Pat Berger and Mass-Care advocates pass single payer care legislation by voting yes for single payer care. Additionally, I am asking you to please vote No to eliminating the MA income tax on ballot question 1 on Election Day, Tuesday, November 4th.
Most important, please ask friends, relatives, neighbors, business associates and local leaders to Vote…
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Thursday, September 11, 2008 – 9:58 pm
I’m ready to be your full-time state representative in the 10th Suffolk District and I’m asking for your vote in the Sept. 16 primary race against Rep. Mike Rush.
I proposed holding two public debates with Mr. Rush because I feel that the voting public should be able to compare and contrast our differences on the issues. Mr. Rush wouldn’t commit – and then made excuses, saying my campaign called the wrong number and that we didn’t have a format for the debates. That’s just not true and, at best, a distortion of the truth. My campaign coordinator spoke to…
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