Description: Ray Shamie as Republican US Senate candidate is compared to Reagan. Excerpt from debate with John Kerry sponsored by Herald. Clips from Reagan ad endorsing Shamie (in which he mispronounces Shamie's name), and Kerry ad in hardware store. Shamie criticizes Kerry for support of raising taxes to control deficit and fund domestic spending.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/18/1984
Description: Edward Lashman is at odds with state reps over need for new taxes and administration's contingency planning for budget crisis. Voke, McGee, Keverian, Clapprood, Flood.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/17/1989
Description: Gov. Dukakis addresses first legislative hearing on his proposed tax package, and says that spending has been cut enough.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/13/1989
Description: John Silber proposes limiting legislative session to six months and legislators' terms to three. Weld agrees. Weld says he might delay tax rollback if poor revenue forecasts go on. Nurses group endorses Weld.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/03/1990
Description: In this story on linkage, Christy George gives history of Boston development boom and affordable housing decline. She describes proposed linkage between the two in the form of taxes on new development, the proceeds of which would go toward affordable housing. Kevin White press conference. Interview with Bruce Bolling on his proposed linkage law. Interview with housing advocate Robert McKay, who is also on the committee reviewing the linkage law. There is a discussion of how exactly linkage will work. Kevin White, Ray Flynn, Larry DiCara, and Dave Finnegan all weigh in on linkage as a mayoral campaign issue.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/16/1983
Description: Public policy analyst Joe Slavet says state budget will be in trouble for a long time with or without tax rollback. Students rally against Question 3. CLT ad. Very elderly people in wheelchairs in nursing home.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/24/1990
Description: Rep. Lucile Hicks receives letters from constituents lamenting tax increases and state spending. Marjorie Clapprood expresses her admiration for Hicks.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/17/1989
Description: INTERVIEW WITH FRAN MEANEY, BOND COUNSEL FOR MASSACHUSETTS AND BOSTON ON SURTAX
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/18/1985
Description: WALTER MONDALE PC AT DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION ON JOBS, ARMS, INDUSTRY, TAXES, GROWTH / DEFICIT
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/08/1983
Description: Sen. Patricia McGovern and Rep. Richard Voke seethe in budget conference committee and come to no agreement on tax plan. Peter Torkildsen.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/21/1990