School Slashes, Library Losses, and Rainy Day Raids

Submitted by Harmony Blakeway on Tue, 05/06/2008 - 1:23pm

Local newspapers all across the state are full of stories about Proposition 2½ .

Read as single-serving, town-by-town, vote-by-vote media blurbs, they don’t pack much of a punch.

Take a minute to browse through the ONE Massachusetts News Roundup, however, and a much larger story emerges. Residents in towns and cities across the Commonwealth are talking with their friends and neighbors about what kind of local government they want and how to pay for it.

Here is a sampling of pieces appearing in local newspapers over the last two days:



Tewksbury

June 7 Tewksbury Override to fund school district, town hall

Fairhaven

School Budget Request Denied in Town Meeting

Brookline

Upcoming Override Vote to Bring School Hours Up to State Regulations

Avon

Compromise Budget for Middle-School Boilers, Roadwork

Marion

Marion Voters Decide on Override for Police Station

Bridgewater

June Override to Fund Schools, Library

Ashland

May 20 Override

Bellingham

School Budget Cuts, Utilizing Stabilization Funds

Holliston

May 20 Override May Avoid Elimination of School Busing

Stoneham

Budget Cuts to avoid Library Loss?

Newton

Override Will Avoid Job Cuts in Schools, Police, Municipal Government

Norton

Pleas Made for Library, Senior Center



As someone who has expressed an interest in ONE Massachusetts, you might want to know about a statewide gathering of community activists organizing override campaigns:

Proposition 2½ Convening – Download Flyer

Saturday, May 31, 2008
9:30am - 2:30pm

Blanchard Memorial School
493 Massachusetts Ave
Boxborough, MA 01719

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