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...short, Governor Weld has done an admirable job or putting Massachusetts on the road to prosperity, even as he has supported education and a sensible social agenda, and made it easier to fight crime. Given his record of success, he certainly deserves four more years...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Vote for Bill Weld | 11/1/1994 | See Source »

Although Roosevelt trails Weld in the polls, his principles are sound and his ideas more progressive than Weld...

Author: By Elizabeth T. Bangs, Douglas M. Pravda, and Sarah J. Schaffer, S | Title: Vote for Mark Roosevelt | 11/1/1994 | See Source »

Much of the credit Weld has received for social reform should go to Roosevelt, who wrote the bills and campaigned for their passage. Roosevelt wrote the bill mandating protection for gays and lesbians against discrimination that Weld signed. And credit for Weld's educational reform should go to Roosevelt, who authored last year's Massachusetts Education Reform Bill...

Author: By Elizabeth T. Bangs, Douglas M. Pravda, and Sarah J. Schaffer, S | Title: Vote for Mark Roosevelt | 11/1/1994 | See Source »

Roosevelt also supports a welfare reform plan that would allow people on welfare to receive two years of education and training in order to find jobs and become self-sufficient. Weld's system, in contrast, kicks people off the rolls after 60 days, forcing them into poverty...

Author: By Elizabeth T. Bangs, Douglas M. Pravda, and Sarah J. Schaffer, S | Title: Vote for Mark Roosevelt | 11/1/1994 | See Source »

...Weld has spent much of his term riding the coattails of former Gov. Michael S. Dukakis's tax increases, supporting Massachusetts's social welfare programs and cutting taxes at the same time by depending on Dukakis's tax revenue...

Author: By Elizabeth T. Bangs, Douglas M. Pravda, and Sarah J. Schaffer, S | Title: Vote for Mark Roosevelt | 11/1/1994 | See Source »

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