Word: question
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...Question 8, which would have shifted penalties for drug use toward treatment solutions, was defeated by a small margin. The measure would have used money from drug-related property forfeitures for treatment programs...
Instructions: Take out a clean sheet of paper and a writing utensil. Record the type of writing utensil that you are using. Are you writing with a pencil? A Bic pen? A tricolor ensemble emblazoned with a consulting firm logo? (Note: This question is not just intended to make sure that your writing utensil works. If in four years you've upgraded from a #2 to a gold plated Mont Blanc it's a sure sign that you've benefited financially and that the administration has been right on track--that you are conspicuously consuming in preparation for your first...
Massachusetts residents voted down Question 3, which would have terminated the state's disgraceful 65-year romance with greyhound dog racing. A state usually considered liberal, Massachusetts voted to decrease the state's personal income tax to 5 percent over the next three years, denying schools and public initiatives desperately needed funds. Massachusetts voters also rejected Question 8, which would have amended drug laws in positive and rational ways...
...happy to report, however, that the residents of Massachusetts did vote down the one ballot initiative that had the most potential to detrimentally effect the social and economic condition of the state: Question 5. This particular proposal, which would have established a universal health care program in Massachusetts, had been described as a logistical nightmare by multiple independent researchers from institutes including Brandeis University and the Harvard School of Public Health. But even this particular proposal has been voted down, we hope that the state realizes that the opposition was in response to its economically unsound details rather than...
...that's to be expected; in the Internet age, information, like water, flows into every place it can. The more important question: How did the VNS get this one so wrong...