Word: local
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...local kids mixing in got bashed by the police too," says Ackermann. "That's when the police really got themselves together and formed the task force...
...Domenic M. Bozzotto, president of the dining hall workers' Local 26 union, about collective bargaining with the University...
...referendum would earmark seven percent of the annual state budget for primary, secondary, and higher education. One of Tsongas' goals is to win back for public primary and secondary education some of the funds eliminated by another populist revenue control referendum, Proposition 2 1/2, which limited taxes on local property taxes...
Just as these challenges become more urgent, state and local resources with which to meet them are being cut off. Although Proposition 2 1/2 initially drained funding away from peripheral programs such as elective courses and extra-curriculars in many public schools, administrators have begun to cut deeper...
...proposed referendum, like all such measures, would be rigid and inflexible, it would not introduce any pernicious new element into the state budget process. The money that would be gained back for education was initially lost though Proposition 2 1/2, an equally, if not more, inflexible measure that capped local property taxes and severely limited towns' revenue options. Tsongas' referendum would merely fight fire with fire...