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Question 4 on tomorrow's ballot lets voters ratify or repeal those raises. If they are rescinded. the legislature seems likely to give itself another pay increase; the only unknown would be its size...
Question 6 on tomorrow's ballot boils down to whether an argument for governmental efficiency should take precedence over the public's right to know what the state legislators are doing...
...took courage for a lone state representative to buck 262 compatriots by voting against Question 1 on tomorrow's ballot--an issue as inherently unquestionable to Americans as motherhood and apple pie--equal rights for the handicapped. The proposed amendment would add to the state constitution an article prohibiting discrimination against handicapped people. The only objection raised so far is that the vague wording of the amendment could possibly be interpreted to mean that Massachusetts will have to install ramps and elevators in old buildings throughout the state...
...seems incongruous that a group whose members' wages are paid by taxes would sponsor a tax-cutting measure. In fact, it sounds downright fishy. But that's what Question 3 on tomorrow's ballot--sponsored by the Massachusetts Teachers Association--would technically do: limit state and local tax increases to the rate of annual per capita growth in income. It would also shift the state's share of the tab for local education from 30 to 50 per cent...
That argument entails the main objection to Question 5 on tomorrow's ballot. The proposed amendment would ensure that any law imposing additional costs on two or more localities by regulating salaries and other benefits to municipal workers is first approved by the individual communities--unless the legislature passes such paws with a two-thirds majority or pays the costs itself...