Word: grahame
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...problems, but you can't be sure," Graham said. Even so, she has not thrown herself into a full-fledged campaign. Graham appears relatively certain of her own victory--the campaigning she's doing is mostly on behalf of Sen. Edward W. Brooke (R-Mass.) and Francis W. Hatch '46, Republican candidate for governor, the only Republicans who have a chance of winning in Middlesex County...
...Graham, who is also a member of the Cambridge City Council, feels property tax reduction is the biggest issue in Massachusetts politics this year...
...even the primary races were not much to look at this year. Freshman representative Saundra Graham, who represents the 28th Middlesex district, which includes the area surrounding Harvard Square, was unopposed in the primary. Now she is well on her way to a second term in the Massachusetts House, but for one general election adversary--Freda Lee Mason, a Libertarian...
...clearly an ideological race," a State House source said. Graham is spouting the liberal ideology, and Mason is respresenting the libertarian cry for reduced governmental interference into the lives of individuals...
...problem is how to lower taxes without affecting programs," she said. Graham advocates the establishment of a graduated state income tax--which was defeated 2-1 on a statewide referendum in 1975--combined with a plugging-up of loopholes in the tax laws. She also believes that there should be a strict separation of the services which are provided at the state and local levels. Cities would collect taxes solely for essential services, like fire and police, and the state would spend its tax dollars on social services. This would result in "a drastic reduction in property taxes," she said...