Word: armstrong
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Certification of Question 9 would result in "a legal no-man's land of confusion where the authority of rent-control boards will be in doubt, as will numerous rent increase notices and, after January 1, eviction proceedings," Armstrong added...
...Armstrong decided to grant the state's appeal, stating that certification "will not, if allowed to occur, impair the plaintiffs' ability to maintain their challenge" on constitutional grounds...
...Armstrong also allowed Question 5, the first of the initiatives to take effect, to be enacted, despite widespread opposition from blue-collar workers...
...Armstrong disagreed. He said greater harm would result to retailers, who would lose profits at the height of the Christmas shopping season. And he said Massachusetts would be denied valuable sales-tax revenue if stores were kept closed...
Both sides said they were pleased with Armstrong's decision...