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...referendum is in two parts, and voters can support both when they cast their ballots. The first seeks $5 1 million in taxes beyond the levy limit set by Prop. 2 1/2. That amounts to half of what city officials are required to slice from the budget in the second year of the tax-cutting measure. The question requires a simple majority to pass...
...second question asks for the full $10.2 million in additional property taxes that Prop. 2 1/2 would mandate be cut. If this question passes by the two-thirds vote required, city department would receive level funding next year, and, although nobody's property tax bill would be less, they would not increase either...
...urge city residents to take the out from Prop 2 1/2 that the referendum provides them and vote for both questions today. A two-yes vote should get the 66.6 percent necessary for Cambridge to maintain vital city services, and it not, at least insure the majority count and the $5.1 million...
Opponents to the referendum have stated that it defeats Prop. 2 1/2's purpose to cut fat from government by limiting taxes. With only five department budgets in Cambridge over $1 million, we argue that if the first year of Prop 2 1/2 cut fat, (and. Cambridge being a well-run city, it cut more than fat), this year it will carve flesh from the city's essential services: its schools, its hospitals and fire departments...
Massachusetts offered relief from Prop. 2 1/2 last year, but the funds were not doled according to the amount a city or town lost in tax revenue. Cambridge was unfortunate, receiving only' 10 percent of its losses back. Passing the referendum will eliminate this disparity. Older cities like Cambridge have suffered most from 2 1/2; the hemorrhage must be stopped in these vital centers...