[Cross-posted from ONEMassachusetts.org] Last Friday, the Legislative Leadership decided to stage the annual summer debate around a sales tax holiday. The bill, filed by Senator Hart, will be heard by the The Joint Committee on Economic … [Read more...]
Summer Campaign: Building a Case for Community Investment
[Cross-posted from ONE Massachusetts] The purpose of this toolkit is to help the members of our network build a strong, fact-based, and community-driven case for investment in our communities. As part of this effort, we're … [Read more...]
Fun with Taxes!! (No, really!)
[Crossposted from ONE Mass Weekly Newsletter by Harmony Blakeway - April 14, 2011]We know that looking through local newspapers this time of year - with all of this talk about budget cuts caused by structural deficits - can get a bit … [Read more...]
Are Mass Movies a Sound Investment?
How do film credits impact our short and long-term goals for the state?As opposed to other tax credits such as the research credit, low income housing tax credit and life sciences tax credit, the film tax credit strategy is not making a … [Read more...]
Thinking Big During Big Disasters…
Do you know of friends, neighbors, and elected officials working on these types of plans? Drop me a note at harmony@realclout.org, write us a tweet, or leave a comment on our Facebook page to share! Check out our latest newsletter for … [Read more...]
Massachusetts is Not Alone: Minnesotans Building Support for Public Structures
...Courts and the rule of law are essential not just for public safety but also for conflict resolution and contract enforcement for businesses.Delays and deteriorating roads -- due to the state's fast-growing congestion and crumbling … [Read more...]
Pushing for Priorities and the Revenues to Support Them
Please feel free to call or email with questions you have as you go forward and organize your meetings with legislators. Lew Finfer (617) 822-1499 Safe Teens/Safe Communities Coalition Massachusetts Communities Action Network Please share … [Read more...]
Governor Patrick’s Balanced Approach to Our Structural Deficit
As one of the long time community activists organizing to strengthen our neighborhoods and our communities through the Coalition of Social Justice and the Coalition against Poverty in the various South Coast cities and towns, I can tell you … [Read more...]
Including a Revenue Message
Your request for additional funding will be stronger if you can say that your organization supports increasing state revenues to support all of our public structures, including your request. This may mean ending special tax cuts or … [Read more...]
Why We’re Part of People First
Over the past decade, our state economy has been growing faster than net spending. That means the economy has been growing faster than our budget. But during this same timeframe, state taxes and fees have been growing much slower than the … [Read more...]