Word: slavitt
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Democratic State Rep. Timothy D. Toomey faced off against long-shot Republican challenger and Leverett Senior Common Room member David R. Slavitt in a lively and wide-ranging debate last night, trading barbs over taxing Harvard, abortion rights and capital punishment...
...entitled to any position you want,” Slavitt snapped back, “but to attempt to force these views on other people is governmental overreach...
...Slavitt ridiculed this plan, noting that Harvard’s tax-exempt status is written into the Massachusetts State Constitution...
...Taking a public position that you want to tax Harvard and its endowment is simply demagoguery,” Slavitt said. Later he loudly chastised Toomey: “It’s not going to happen! You’re perfectly aware it’s not going to happen...
...Though Slavitt remains a long-shot, his campaign manager Fred Baker remained upbeat about Slavitt’s candidacy...