Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...HIGH-HANDED MOVE more befitting his surname than his office, Gov. Edward J. King recently vetoed the state bottle bill. The veto shocked many political observers: the bill boasted tremendous support and King's popularity has been waning for months. Nevertheless, the veto was predictable: Two years ago he vetoed a similar bill. King's followers mistakenly believe the bottle bill is little more than an expensive way to give kids with red wagons a chance to earn pocket money. In reality, the bill would cut litter, save energy, and create jobs--all at little cost to the public...
...veto message, King argued that approval of the bill-which requires five-or ten-cent deposits on all beer and soft drink containers--would cost Massachusetts some $100 million. That estimate comes from a study by Martin Feldstein. Harvard's conservative professor of Economics, and his wife, Kathleen. But pundits take Feldstein's bottom-line figure with a liberal dose on salt, especially since Feldstein's predilection for laissez-faire policy is well known. Moreover, an alternative study by MIT economist Franco Modigliani concluded that the costs would be minimal...
KING COULD ALSO have bolstered his own foundering political status. Sensing the country's conservative mood, he called the bill an intrusion of big government and vetoed it. But 70 per cent of the voters support the bill, and King can ill afford to lose votes. Currently his popularity runs about 10 per cent: it can only slip further because of the veto. He is likely to lose even more credibility if the legislature overrides his veto-- as the House already has and as the Senate may well do today...
...even if the referendum passes, districts will have to be drawn. Under the enabling legislation, the City Council has 90 days following the passage of the referendum to draw the districts, which the mayor can then veto. And if the council can't agree on the lines within 90 days, the mayor gets to do the job all by himself...
Phelps said he was not surprised by the veto, but added, "There will be a bottle bill...