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They forgot a revenue message!

March 2, 2010 By carmen

“A healthy environment is the result of decisions we make together through our government through different policies, initiatives and decisions that keep our water clean and protect our green spaces.” “Young children … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: advocacy, children, cuts, environment, fiscal-crisis, revenue

Making our Tax System more Progressive? Concord might think so!

February 17, 2010 By carmen

The proposal calls for lowering the property tax and imposing a 2 percent tax on income. This means that each person would contribute a more equitable share of his or her income to the local community, making the overall local tax system … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: concord, local-income-tax, progressive-income-tax, property-taxes

It is time for transparency in the State Legislature

February 1, 2010 By carmen

As residents of this state we need to continue participating in the decisions our elected officials make on our behalf. Our elected officials as our representatives are accountable to our communities. We are the ones electing them to make … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: brownsberger, cambridge-chronicle, common-cause, government-reform, sciortino, state-legislature, transparency

Striving for budget transparency. “You can’t manage what you can’t measure”

December 7, 2009 By carmen

As a state, we have already taken drastic measures to address our budgetary shortfalls. We have slashed hundreds of millions of dollars in services, we have raised the sales tax to prevent deeper cuts and we continue to rely on one-time … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: business-tax-credits, government-reform, tax-expenditure-budget, transparency

Fitchburg residents learned about Civic Engagement and the State Budget

July 20, 2009 By carmen

In the two hour Spanish session the members of the Center learned about the decisions that have put us in our current state fiscal crisis that have jeopardized our ability to create and maintain the public structures we all value and rely … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: civic-engagement, demos, fitchburg, revenue, taxes

Hearing on Ethics Bill to Improve Faith in Government?

March 19, 2009 By carmen

ONE Massachusetts Project Director, Yawu Miller, submitted testimony about the importance of passing this bill, and of adding a provision to the Act that would mandate that the disclosures submitted by lobbyists under the terms of this bill … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ethics, government-reform, lobbying, lobbying-reform, massachusetts, transparency

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