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Pierce has consistently battled Dukakis and theHouse Democratic leadership over fiscal mattersand is perhaps the gubernatorial race's staunchestanti-tax candidate. He supports--with somemodifications--a ballot referendum sponsored byCitizens for Limited Taxation that would roll backcurrent tax levies. In addition, he has vowed tooppose all new taxes in his...
Critics of Pierce, however, maintain that theminority leader is waffling on the tax rollbackreferendum and contend that his conservativesocial agenda--particularly his anti-abortionstance--will make him unelectable in the generalelection.
"To some extent, abortion is going to be a bigissue, and I think Bill's position on the issue ismuch more in the mainstream," says state Rep.Richard R. Tisei (R-Wakefield), who chairs thecampaign committee of Pierce's principle opponent,former U.S. prosecutor William F. Weld '66.
And Weld supporters have made much of therecent revelation that Pierce filed late taxreturns on three separate occasions since 1986, inapparent violation of state and federal law.
This year, the GOP has been bolstered by publiccriticism of Gov. Michael S. Dukakis, who alongwith other Democratic leaders has been blamed forthe state's estimated $600 million budget deficitand falling bond rating--now the lowest of anystate in the nation. Pierce critics say the latefilings throw the minority leader...