Word: referendums
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...revival knows no geographical boundaries. In 1985 Atlantans voted for a $38 million bond referendum that expanded the central library, constructed twelve new branches, started six modular libraries in public housing projects and bought $9 million in books. Washington State voters have gone to the polls at least nine times in the past five years to support bond issues aimed at renovating or building libraries. The budget for the New York Public Library soared from $60 million in 1981 to $127 million in 1989, thanks largely to government funds and the generosity of private donors. Even in oil-dependent Tulsa...
...governor, who supported a sweeping taxrollback referendum in the fall election, remainedresolutely opposed to tax increases in his speechyesterday. But he may face an uphill battlegetting his reform program through thelegislature, which remains in the Democratic handsof Bulger and Weld's Cambridge neighbor, CharlesFlaherty, who was sworn in as House SpeakerWednesday morning...