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...absence of any stark differences between the two candidates on these concerns, a ballot referendum proposed by Citizens for Limited Taxation (CLT) has emerged as the touchstone of the campaign...
Silber counters that the CLT petition, which will appear as Question 3 on the November ballot, would be state-sponsored suicide, a move that would cut an estimated $2 billion in revenue from the Massachusetts budget. Supporters say Silber, now on leave as president of Boston University, can use his well-honed administrative skills to trim the $2 billion in a more gradual and humane...
...LoPresti said the legislature is currently hesitant about developing an alternative to the CLT petition, saying that lawmakers are waiting to see the results of the ballot referendum...
...voters reject the petition, the legislature will have leverage to reorganize expensive state accounts and make gradual, sensible cuts in the budget, LoPresti said. If voters embrace the measure on the November ballot, LoPresti said legislators are unsure what will happen...
...lieutenant governor, Evelyn Murphy, dropped out of the Democratic race shortly before the primary, after her failed attempt to take control of state affairs when Dukakis went to Europe on a trade mission. Her name remained on the ballot and she had 22,238, or 3 percent, with 78 percent of precincts reporting...