Word: scarely
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sugar-voiced deejays of 2 1/2 mania indignantly label Sullivan's charges "scare tactics." They provide two alternative scenarios: since 2 1/2 would allow the community to override the tax cuts by a 2/3 vote in a local election, they argue, residents will make sure there are still fire houses with the lights on. And anyway, they reason, 2 1/2 is only an attempt at tax reform; the state legislature can raise taxes and hand the money over to cities and towns, preserving services while ending the heavy dependence on property taxes...
Proponents of the measure say officials are using "scare tactics"; they argue that reductions won't be that severe. The inflation rate will increase property values sufficiently to offset the tax cut, even though the cost of providing services is rising. And they argue that many officials are presenting worst-case examples, which the legislature would prevent. And if all else fails and a city gets strapped, it has two ways to override Proposition 2 1/2 getting two-thirds approval in a local referendum during the biennial general election or in elections called by the legislature in the November...
Backers of Proposition 2 1/2--mostly state businessmen--call the claims of Sullivan and others "scare tactics." Their advertisements tell voters that disaster does not await the passage of the referendum; rather, they say, it will force the legislature to reform the state's tax system. While reform to decrease dependence on the antiquated property tax is needed, it is foolhardy to trust the legislature to provide that relief. The legislature, after all, originally enacted and has since maintained the property...
...supporters of Proposition 2 1/2 are right when the term the dire forecasts of municipal leaders "scare tactics." People who aren't scared that cities like Cambridge could be without schools, without services, without police protection should support Proposition 2 1/2. The rest of us, who would like to be able to call on the fire department when the flames break out, must vote in record numbers to insure the defeat of this unsound measure...
Supporters of the referendum, including Gregory Hiatt, a spokesman for Citizens for Limited Taxation, have accused Sullivan and other local officials of using "scare tactics" in their campaign against the law. "These figures are scary, but they are not tactics--they are exactly how much we would have to cut should Proposition 2 1/2 pass," Sullivan said...