Word: question
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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Recently in ads and in public, Democrats have been trying to tie the proposal directly to generally unpopular Gov. A. Paul Cellucci and Lt. Gov. Jane Swift and make the question a referendum on their leadership...
...Question Four on today's ballot would reduce the state's personal income tax rate from its current 5.95 percent to 5 percent over the next three years. When fully implemented, the plan would reduce state revenues by $1.2 billion per year...
...statewide poll conducted last week by the Boston Herald and Boston's WCVB-TV showed the question leads by a 47 to 37 percentage point margin. However, opposition to the cut seems to be gaining momentum, as the approval rating for the cut has shrunk dramatically since the summer...
Another tax-related proposal, Question Six, would allow state residents and businesses to claim a tax credit for tolls they pay on state roads, bridges and tunnels and motor vehicle taxes. If passed, it will drain between $400 and $650 million per year from state coffers...
...other heavily contested issue on the ballot is Question Five. The proposal would create a new patient's bill of rights to give residents protection from insurance company abuses. It tries to cut the amount insurance companies spend on advertising and lobbying. It would also work towards establishing universal health care coverage, although it does not mandate such a system be established...