Description: Interview with Boston traffic commissioner John Vitagliano on merits of investing in roads versus public transit. Sign pointing to entrance of Callahan Tunnel. Steady stream of traffic entering tunnel. Expressway offramp.
Description: Rep. Richard Voke firmly revises budget with many cuts, and forbids new taxes. Barbara Anderson approves. Human services advocates are dismayed. Dukakis, Sen. Patricia McGovern, James Braude.
Description: Ways & Means Committee hears testimony on Medicaid budget. Rep. Richard Voke has terse exchange with Philip Johnston. Quadriplegic man explains why he needs Medicaid assistance.
Description: Richard Voke lists many items cut from state spending and chastises press for relying on 15 second bites. Steven Pierce pledges to veto future tax increase. Barbara Anderson.
Description: FY90 budget emerges from conference committee. Richard Voke challenges Dukakis to exercise line item veto power to eliminate waste. Sen. Mary Padula criticizes Voke for creative bookkeeping.
Description: Richard Voke is honored for advocating Healthy Start program to safeguard infant care. As House Ways & Means chair, he fights for "pro-children's" budget.
Description: Richard Voke presents his way to save the budget; includes many categories of cuts and methods of capturing and creating non-tax revenues. Rep. Carmen Buell.