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Massachusetts: Ballot Measures

Thu, 11/06/2008 - 15:32

Pro-Question 3 camp: Opposition made mistakes

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

The organization behind Question 3 said Thursday that their opponents made several missteps in their campaign.

"They ran a strange campaign," Carey Theil, the campaign manager of the Committee to Protect Dogs, said. "Rather than put a lot of money on TV, which they should have done, they put a third of money on TV, then they bought radio, then they bought print advertising. They never quite had enough punch behind any of it."

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Mon, 11/03/2008 - 18:14

Question 2 backers tout support from religious leaders

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

The Committee for Sensible Marijuana Policy, the group behind the ballot measure that would decriminalize possession of less than an ounce of marijuana, said Monday that it has received the endorsement of 51 clergy members across Massachusetts.

The news comes two days after the ballot measure's opponents announced that former Boston Mayor Ray Flynn mailed a letter denouncing Question 2 to 2,200 Catholic parishes across the commonwealth.

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Mon, 11/03/2008 - 17:53

Anti-Question 3 organization hits on job losses in TV ad

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

The group opposing Question 3 is running a TV ad that highlights the number of jobs it says the measure would cost Massachusetts.

The Massachusetts Animal Interest Coalition says in the ad that 1,000 jobs would be lost if Question 3, the ballot measure that would prohibit dog racing in Massachusetts, succeeds.

The ad features testimonials from several workers who say that they would lose their jobs if Question 3 succeeds.

"It's not right to throw people out of work for no reason," says one.

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Mon, 11/03/2008 - 13:02

Question 1 opponents emphasize effect on schools in latest ad

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

The Coalition for our Communities, the organization opposing Question 1, is up with another TV ad that emphasizes the impact the measure would have on public schools.

The ad features a testimony from Chrissy Reeder, a teacher from Mansfield, on how the ballot question, which would abolish the state income tax, would cut school budgets.

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Sun, 11/02/2008 - 11:53

Question 1 opponents send personalized mailer, plans Boston.com ad

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

The organization opposing Question 1 sent out personalized mailers this week and plans to run a user targeted web advertisement on Boston.com Monday, according to a spokesman for the campaign.

Both the mailer and Monday's ad are designed to inform voters how much Question 1's success would cost specific cities and towns.

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Fri, 10/31/2008 - 11:58

Question 3 proponents up with new ad statewide

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

The group backing Question 3, the measure that would eliminate dog racing in Massachusetts, is up with a new TV ad that is running statewide through the election on Tuesday.

The ad is the Committee to Protect Dogs' second TV ad and is running statewide on all broadcast channels in Boston, all broadcast channels in Springfield and on cable in both the Boston area and western Massachusetts, according to the committee.

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Sat, 10/25/2008 - 15:46

Murray: ‘No’ on 3 ballot questions

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

WORCESTER - Lt. Gov. Tim Murray said Saturday that he is opposed to the three questions that will appear on the statewide ballot this year.

"No cubed," the Worcester Democrat told PolitickerMA.com. "No on Question 1, no on getting rid of the dogs and no on the marijuana [question]."

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Fri, 10/24/2008 - 07:30

Suffolk: Undecideds breaking ‘no’ on Question 1

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

Nearly 60 percent of Massachusetts voters are now opposed to Question 1, the ballot measure that would eliminate the state income tax, according to a new Suffolk University/7News poll released Thursday night.

In the poll of 400 Massachusetts registered voters, 59 percent said they would vote "no" on the measure while 26 percent favor it and 14 percent said they were undecided.

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Thu, 10/23/2008 - 15:26

O’Connor, Riley, Lewis clash over the state income tax

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

WINCHESTER - In their debate here Wednesday night, the candidates for Middlesex County's 31st District House seat offered different opinions on whether the state income tax rate should be changed, abolished, or left alone.

The candidates were allowed to pose questions to each other in the final portion of the debate and Chad Riley, a Winchester Independent, asked Jason Lewis, a Winchester Democrat, if he would support rolling back the state income tax rate from 5.3 percent to 5 percent, as  the 2000 ballot referendum that succeeded prescribed.

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Thu, 10/23/2008 - 10:19

Question 3 proponents launch first TV ad

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

The organizers behind Question 3, the ballot initiative seeking a statewide dog racing ban in Massachusetts, have begun airing their first television ad.

The Committee to Protect Dogs' ad features testimonials from several voters stating their support of Question 3 because they believe dog racing is inhumane.

Carter Luke, the president of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, also lends his support to the measure.

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