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...Commonwealth, those who work in our mills and our factories.” But even then, referendum supporters foresaw a danger with their initiative: that enhanced majority rule would leave “no safety for the few, for the single man, for the minority.”The Legislature??s vote has turned this fear into reality. With it, the petition to constitutionally ban gay marriage has fulfilled almost all the prerequisites necessary for advancement to the general ballot as a referendum in 2008: the collection of signatures equivalent to three percent of votes cast for governor...
Outgoing Massachusetts Governor W. Mitt Romney announced last week that he would file a lawsuit with the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) in an attempt to put an amendment banning gay marriage to a statewide referendum. The state constitution requires that a quarter of the legislature??s 200 members approve an amendment in two consecutive sessions before it can be put to a popular vote, the final hurdle before becoming law. However, because the measure would most likely have the support of 50 legislators, opponents have recessed the legislative session before the amendment could be voted...
...continues to maintain his innocence. Lost in much of the back and forth has been a consideration of Healey’s credentials and the plans she has laid out. Healey’s campaign has drafted a 50-point plan with specific proposals on everything from increasing the legislature??s transparency to raising education standards to reducing state spending. While she does makes reference to her 50-point plan—almost always in the context of attacking Patrick for having vague proposals in contrast—she speaks little about her service in Gov. W. Mitt...
...spend mentality that led the state into debt, Governor W. Mitt Romney and Healey refused to raise taxes and balanced the budget each year by reducing waste and cutting excessive spending. In the fiscal year 2007 budget alone, the Governor cut almost $600 million from the legislature??s proposals to ensure that the state would not dip too much into its rainy day fund. Over the last four years, a $3 billion state deficit has been converted into a $1 billion surplus, thanks in no small part to the executive branch’s restraint. Patrick will...
...growing pressure from HTU and others, the Cambridge City Council passed a resolution in 1979 allowing it to override the Dover Amendment and regulate educational landholdings in low-density residential neighborhoods. Most of the neighborhoods around Harvard fell under that description.The University responded by appealing to the state legislature??and to history.Harvard is mentioned by name in the Massachusetts Constitution, which promises the University “all the powers, authorities, rights, liberties, privileges, immunities and franchises, which they now have or are entitled to have, hold, use, exercise and enjoy.”No longer protected...