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From The Crimson mailbag: Looking for a caterer for an office party? Try the Harvard Dining Services Catering Department. A glossy fold-out flyer advertising the service says it can provide "all occasion cakes," "hors d'oeuvres--hot and cold," "cocktail set ups," and "party platters--sweet and savory." No mention of venerable vegetables...
Such is the spirit that moves former U.S. Senator and current Head of the Massachusetts Board of Regents of Higher Education Paul Tsongas to consider pushing for a referendum, which would be on the state ballot in November 1990, requiring Massachusetts to set aside 7 percent of its annual budget for education. The farsighted Tsongas plan deserves to be on the ballot and transferred into...
...would contest Tsongas' goal of increasing this country's economic competitiveness, some criticize the referendum as a means of achieving it. "The referendum is unsound, and for a sophisticated politician like Paul, remarkably simplistic," says State Rep. Stephen W. Doran (D-Lexington). He termed the referendum, which would automatically set the annual level of education expenditure, "an anti-government approach to government...
This point, which is made by many liberal legislators in the State House, is well-taken. Referenda which set arbitrary figures and remove professional lawmakers from the allocation process can be unwieldy and constricting...
Another objection to setting aside a specific portion of the state budget for education is that such a step might set off a general melee among government social programs to stake out their own funding claims...