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Dates: during 1990-1990
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These non-entitlement programs include local aid to the 351 cities and towns of Massachusetts along with state-funded higher education programs...
...Local government officials are already restricted by Prop 2 1/2 from raising revenue for local services such as trash collection and snow removal...
...petition passes, these officials fear cuts will be made in the state's $2.8 billion local aid budget, causing some local government offices--already crippled by aid cuts in the last two years--to close down completely...
...with the estimated $340 million it will cost to add 5,000 recruits, he offered no money up front. That confronted ) Dinkins with the prospect of proposing more taxes and service cuts just two months after winning the city council's approval for a record $800 million in new local taxes. As one step, he promised to consider a proposal by city council speaker Peter Vallone for a 25 cents surcharge on lottery tickets...
...tiger of Shi'ite discontent first roared dangerously in 1979, when Shi'ites in Qatif defied local authorities during the holy period of Ashura. The ritual led to demonstrations that according to the Saudis ended only after the National Guard intervened, leaving 10 Shi'ites dead. According to U.S. sources, the denouement was even bloodier. "The National Guard is the core of the Wahhabi spirit," says a government analyst. "They take a certain pride in going down to the Eastern province and beating up Shi'a." Militants in Qatif responded by shooting 12 or 13 guardsmen; the guard sealed...