Posted in Funding Our Schools, General Election, Legislation, State Fiscal Conditions on Oct 31st, 2008 No Comments »
SOS urges you to vote “No” on Question 1, the Nov. 4 ballot question that would eliminate the state income tax. Times are hard enough, and eliminating the state income tax will make things worse by wiping out more than $12 billion in revenue, or nearly 40 percent of the state budget.
Question One [...]
Posted in Funding Our Schools, General Election, Legislation, Meetings, North Shore Coalition for School Funding, Stand for Children on Oct 29th, 2008 No Comments »
On Monday, Nov. 3 at 7:30 p.m. at the Community House, SOS will hear from two important regional organizers.
Susan Beckmann, chairwoman of the Manchester-Essex Regional School Committee, will explain the newly formed North Shore Coalition for School Funding, a group comprised of five local school committee chairs. Ms. Beckmann will describe the group’s [...]
Posted in Legislation, Meetings, Town Meeting - Hamilton on Oct 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
On Monday, October 27, at 7:30 pm at the High School Auditorium during a Special Town Meeting Hamilton citizens will be asked to vote on a Citizen’s Petition that would limit real estate taxes for seniors 65 and older.
In the Citizen’s Petition, if the combined total income of the property owner(s) and their spouses [...]
Posted in Funding Our Schools, General Election, Legislation, State Fiscal Conditions on Oct 14th, 2008 No Comments »
Tomorrow, Oct. 15, is the last day to register for the state and presidential election on Nov. 4, 2008.
The Town Hall in Wenham is open until 7:00 p.m. tonight and 4:30 p.m. tomorrow. The Town Hall in Hamilton will be open until 7:00 p.m. today and 8:00 p.m. tomorrow. It takes just minutes to fill [...]
Posted in Funding Our Schools, Gordon Conwell, Meetings on Oct 1st, 2008 No Comments »
Please come to the SOS meeting on Monday, October 6th at 7:30 pm at the Community House (lower level conference room). All are welcome.
Following a brief business meeting, our agenda will focus on:
Additional Sources of Revenue.
To fulfill our commitment to continue to work to [...]
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