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Question 5, like the CLT petition, sounds enticing but should be resisted. The referendum would set aside 40 percent of state taxes for aid to cities and towns. Consequently, the state would have to cut back on funding for health-care, education, hazardous waste clean-up and other vital needs. Allocation of these resources should remain in the hands of the state. We endorse a NO vote on Question...
...woman for homicide who, driving drunk, got into an accident which destroyed her fetus. It was a groundbreaking case, one that has already been cited in other contexts to justify turning the "rights" of a fetus against a pregnant woman. The case--if it had been successful--would have set a dangerous precedent that, for example, might be used to justify jailing women who abuse substances during pregnancy...
...just supply data to existing public networks, that would be very inexpensive," Umina says. "If we set up separate terminals ourselves, that would be more costly. But either way, the system will pay for itself very quickly. The corruption that exists in the current system is mind-boggling...
...proposed law would set the state income tax rate on Part B taxable income (in general, earned income) at 4.25 percent for 1991 and 4.625 percent for 1992, except for income from unemployment compensation, alimony, Massachusetts bank interest, rental income, pension and annuity income, and IRA-Keogh deductions, which would be taxed at 5 percent...
...proposed law would set the minimum number of signatures needed on independent or minor party nomination papers for state office at one-half of 1 percent (4 percent) of the entire vote cast in the previous state election for governor (as compared to 2 percent as of 1989), and would also establish this number of signatures as the upper limit needed for major party candidates. The proposed law would also permit voters to sign the nomination papers of any number of candidates for the same office, would require that all blank forms to be used for nomination papers and initiative...