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...increasingly negative tenor of the campaigns and the strong economy. We hope that Massachusetts, never a state to follow the national trend, will be different. When citizens go to the polls next Tuesday, we urge them to cast their vote for L. Scott Harshbarger '64 for governor of the Commonwealth...
...popular predecessor, William F. Weld '66, and the strength of the state economy. Cellucci has little to show for his more than a year in office. His much-publicized budget cuts this summer removed necessary funding from worker training and adult education programs while doing little to aid the Commonwealth's working families. Finally, Harshbarger and Cellucci differ markedly on the most important issue of this campaign: education. Cellucci has been inconsistent in his support of education reform, at one point opposing a measure to test teachers...
Voters have the chance to directly affect Commonwealth policy by voting on four ballot initiatives, in the form of amendments to Massachusetts's Constitution...
...vote would tie pay raises for state legislators to the commonwealth's median household incomes, and take away their ability to vote themselves pay raises. Proponents say this helps insure the integrity of elected officials...
...March of this year, Commonwealth residents received the ability to chose which power company supplies their electricity. Prior to the March change, electric line owners had supplied electricity to customer...