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Massachusetts: Carla Howell

Wed, 10/22/2008 - 11:07

Question 1 opponents report large money advantage over proponents

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

The organization opposing Question 1 has a significant cash advantage over the group supporting the measure, according to the most recent financial reports filed with the Office of Campaign and Political Finance.

The Coalition for our Communities, which opposes the anti-tax ballot question, reported raking in more than $2.4 million between Oct. 2 and Oct. 15 and finished the period with $845,000 in its bank account.

The Committee for Small Government, which supports the measure, raised nearly $26,000 and finished the period with $51,000 in its coffer.

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Wed, 10/22/2008 - 08:15

Question 1 supporters claim spending $47,700 on ads, say they are broke

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

The organization that supports Question 1 said Tuesday that it has spent all of its money on five "hard-hitting, persuasive ads," according to a newsletter sent to supporters obtained by PolitickerMA.com.

The Committee for Small Government, the group that got the anti-tax measure on the November ballot, told supporters the $47,700 was all it had left so it doesn't have enough money for a $160,000 ad buy it had planned.

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Sun, 10/19/2008 - 13:09

Question 1 supporters call for debate with Teachers Association head

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

Carla Howell, the leader of the effort behind Question 1, called for a debate with the president of the Massachusetts Teachers Association, an organization that Howell accused of being the force behind the effort to defeat the anti-tax ballot measure.

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Mon, 10/06/2008 - 19:32

Howell slams report, tries to discredit Mass. Taxpayers Foundation

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

Carla Howell, the leader of the organization supporting Question 1, blasted the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation on Monday for its report that criticized the effects it predicted Question 1 would have on Massachusetts if passed.

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Mon, 10/06/2008 - 12:33

Widmer: Question 1 proponents’ proposal is ‘absurd’

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

On the heels of the release of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation report denouncing Question 1, Michael Widmer, the president of the foundation, said proponents of the ballot question are making unsubstantiated claims.

But, Widmer said, he isn't sure if they know they are or not.

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Mon, 10/06/2008 - 07:48

Question 1 success could cut agency budgets by 70 percent, report says

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

If Question 1, the controversial ballot measure that would abolish the state income tax, were to succeed in November, state agencies could face budget cuts of more than 70 percent according to a report to be released Monday, the Boston Globe reports.

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Wed, 07/02/2008 - 16:04

Ballot initiative to abolish income tax will appear on November ballot

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

Next November, Massachusetts voters will have the opportunity to cast their ballot to abolish the state income tax.

Secretary of State William Galvin Wednesday certified 12,000 signatures on a petition to put the initiative on the ballot. Though the requirement to appear on the ballot is 11,099 signatures, Carla Howell, the chairwoman of the Committee for Small Government and head of the movement, said her group far surpassed that criteria.

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