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...redistricting, which Acting Governor Jane M. Swift signed into law on Nov. 8, broke up Cambridge’s traditionally minority-represented 28th district and put much of the city into districts concentrated in neighboring towns...
That’s Sure Swift Thinking...
Just when it looked like Jane Swift was gathering up the tatters of her political career, she became the Grinch that stole the economy. About a month ago, Governor Swift introduced her latest gimmick to rejuvenate the sagging Massachusetts economy: a “tax-free weekend” when the 5 percent state retail tax would be suspended for all items purchased...
...doggedly pushing the proposal, Swift may be convincing consumers to postpone big-ticket purchases for the tax-free weekend—in other words, shelving them indefinitely. Regardless, Swift pressed ahead and spoke about the proposal at the Cambridgeside Galleria on Monday afternoon, sounding less like governor and more like a 6-year-old begging her parents for a pony...
...This idea is a win-win on so many levels,” Swift plaintively told the Boston Globe on Monday. “Don’t reject a good idea just because of where it came from. Why don’t they [legislative leaders] just give it a chance...