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...property taxes: That they are regressive (that is, they aren't scaled according to income, so that elderly people on fixed incomes are increasingly driven out of their homes because they can't afford to pay the taxes). Nor will Question 1 cut property taxes, as long as localities have come to depend on property taxes to finance the essential services like police, fire protection, and schools. The real answer to the burden of property taxes will only come when the state passes a graduated income tax and uses the proceeds to support local services now paid for by property...
...Local charter commissions now have ten months from their election to present charter proposals to the voters. Question 5 would extend that deadline to 18 months, while bureaucracy wends its merry...
After that loss, Bellotti lost the Attorney General's race in 1966 to Elliot L. Richardson '41 and ran a poor third in another race for the governorship. However, Bellotti would not quit campaigning. It was his life. He talked to local clubs and groups, he shook more hands and remembered people's names. His comeback has been impressive; a recent poll ranked him as the second most popular Democrat in the state, following Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54. Now, the PCM scandals and what Weld has made of it threaten to wipe away his monumental effort to ressurrect himself...
...Most radio stations won't experiment. They only play what sells," comments Falk. One of the station's nine rock dj's, Falk says WHRB has helped launch the careers of many local groups by giving them airtime. As examples, he cites The Tweeds and Private Lightning...
...little urge to get in on the angst. What he did want was a cache of high-grade Turkish hash. Quick bucks, great highs and good times mean more to a 20-year-old suburban kid than they should. Most of us eventually learn this lesson, courtesy of the local police department or our outraged parents. Unfortunately or Billy Hayes, it was Turkish Customs which provided this service free of charge, welcoming him to a nightmare all his very...