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I think we need to have a conversation about taxes

Submitted by Judy Meredith on Tue, 02/22/2011 - 3:21pm

I think we need to have a conversation about taxes, says State Rep Kay Khan last month, in public in front of hundreds of human service providers honoring her and....(gasp) the media.

Despite a budget gap approaching $2 billion and assertions from House and Senate leadership that there will be no appetite for new taxes this year, Khan urged advocate [sic] to discuss the need for new revenue with their lawmakers. She said she planned to work with House Revenue Chairman Rep. Jay Kaufman.“I know it’s not easy to talk about raising revenue because people are struggling, but it’s a conversation that has to happen,” Khan said.

And those conversations have commenced -- in various formal and informal meetings of Reps and Senators in the State House and in formal and informal gatherings of community activists as well as issue advocates in meeting halls and church basements all over the state...

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Is Voters' Message on Importance of Taxes Being Ignored?

Submitted by Harmony Blakeway on Fri, 11/07/2008 - 11:08am

Q1 Results [From Boston.com]While Tuesday's media spotlight was clearly on the national stage, Massachusetts voters demonstrated extraordinary participation on issues hitting closer to home. Voters across the state demonstrated the importance of the income tax by overwhelmingly voting NO on Question 1, defeating this dangerous ballot question.

What do the people of Massachusetts need to do to demonstrate that they: are truly ready to fight for their communities, and understand the responsibilities of doing so?

Voting Results

The ballot question to eliminate our income tax was defeated in every town statewide, with 'No' percentages as high as 91.2% (Leverett, MA), and over half of the towns voting over 65% 'No.' 

70% of voters statewide voted No.

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Neighbors Work to Spruce Up Allston's Everett Street

Submitted by Harmony Blakeway on Mon, 08/11/2008 - 11:24am

Walking down my own block in Allston Sunday afternoon, I came upon discarded TVs, destroyed furniture, and broken beer bottles. I have seen many parts of Allston treated more as a temporary staging or dumping zone than as a neighborhood. That is why I was so happy to see this article on the newsstand at my local convenience store:

Neighbors Pitching In [Katie Flock- Allston Brighton Tab][Roughly a dozen volunteers] met with the Allston-Brighton North Neighbors’ Forum on Aug. 2 and 3 to plant trees and bushes along Everett Street between Lincoln and Adamson streets...

“This is a site that’s been pretty neglected,” said Mattison. “There are these sort of bands, these slivers and patches, of the neighborhood that have gone neglected for too long, and [it’s] too east to forget they are there.”

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