Word: dukakises
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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DOES anyone else in the world feel sorry for Mike Dukakis?
Williams has boosted his ratings in the past year with heavy criticism of Gov. Michael S. Dukakis and other Democratic leaders for the way they handled the state budget crisis. He said his support for the ballot proposal was a natural extension of his battle against "the centers of power...
"It's time to face up to reality," Dukakis said. "Without new revenues, there will be a drastic cut in both local aid and state services."
Among Dukakis' few supporters in the Legislature is Sen. Michael J. Barrett '70 (D-Cambridge). Barrett could not be reached for comment yesterday, but according to aide David Osborne the Cambridge senator supported the governor's veto because he believes the state doesn't have the money to fund the...
Sen. Patricia McGovern (D-Lawrence) chairman of the Senate Ways and Means Committee, voted for the override but admitted it was a symbolic gesture. McGovern said Dukakis has the legal power to make the cuts and is right when he says the money is not there. Several court precedents, she...