Word: canton
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...political models. "I can't separate myself from the fact that I grew up as a black child. My parents were quietly defiant of racism. I was born and raised in the North, but my roots are solidly in the South. In the summers we drove south to Canton, Miss., where my mother was from. My father would always ask, whenever we stopped for gas, if they had toilets for colored. If they said yes, then he would say, 'Fill up the tank.' If they said no, he would say thank you and drive on. Once we were outside...
...There's no leadership from the governor. He's been out of the loop for six months," said Rep. John H. Flood (D-Canton), chair of the House Taxation Committee...
House Taxation Committee Chair John Flood (D-Canton), who opposed the capital gains increase and opposes a taxincrease now, suggested that lawmakers work withthe Senate on further budget cuts and then extenda temporary increase in the income tax this springif it is needed to resolve the deficit...
...even half-way through the year, so why rush into a tax package that we don't know yet is sufficient to reduce the deficit," said John H. Flood '75 (D-Canton), who chairs the Taxation Committee. "With the raise [in the capital gains tax] we send the wrong message to the business community...
...John H. Flood (D-Canton), chair of the Taxation Committee and an outspoken opponent of new taxes, said the speaker did not contact him this weekend about the package. He cautioned that Keverian should not attempt to introduce a new tax package without consulting his committee...