CLT 2001 Updates Index

Post Office Box 408 Peabody, Massachusetts 01960 (508) 384-0100
E-Mail: cltg@cltg.org


Dec 28, 2001	Holiday catch-up
Dec 20, 2001	It doesn't take a crystal ball to foresee a tax hike
Dec 19, 2001	Bread and circuses "revolt" called off due to whether
Dec 18, 2001	A real rebellion, or just political cover?
Dec 17, 2001	"When you strike at a king ..."
Dec 15, 2001	"The devil made me do it" is a poor excuse
Dec 13, 2001	They have got to go
Dec 3, 2001	CLT's Voluntary Tax adopted ... in Arkansas
Dec 3, 2001	Arkansas' "Tax Me More Fund"
Dec 2, 2001	"Boot the bums" revolution energizes
Dec 1, 2001	Tyranny rules the Bay State
Nov 30, 2001	Memo to concerned human services providers
Nov 29, 2001	"Democracy hijacked" - It's time for them to go
Nov 28, 2001	The revolution is begun
Nov 27, 2001	It's time to boot the bums out
Nov 26, 2001	Stage is set for tax increase
Nov 24, 2001	Gimme Lobby treachery persists despite 2nd defeat
Nov 22, 2001	Late state budget fallout
Nov 21, 2001	House debate on proposed amendment to resurrect Tax Rollback "freeze"
Nov 21, 2001	Action Day!
Nov 20, 2001	"It ain't over 'til it's over"
Nov 19, 2001	Long-overdue budget finally nears
Nov 18, 2001	Tax Rollback freeze resurrected?
Nov 17, 2001	CLT Truth Squad nabs new Gimme Lobby point-man in another deception
Nov 16, 2001	Birmingham's "grim" budget: No huge increases
Nov 15, 2001	"Fiscal crisis" a Tax Rollback freeze "advantage"
Nov 14, 2001	Good news watched cautiously
Nov 13, 2001	Birmingham: It's not "a new tax, it's a freeze"!
Nov 12, 2001	Your state Rep. and Senator are waiting to hear from you
Nov 11, 2001	Stop! Think! Do the math! "Fiscal crisis" only a halt of spending growth
Nov 10, 2001	Legislators delivering fiscal crisis to taxpayers
Nov 9, 2001	Beacon Hill Institute report: "Overcoming Fiscal Fright: Tax Cuts Can Move Forward Without Fear of Budget Cuts"
Nov. 9, 2001	Disgust, outrage mount over Tax Rollback ambush
Nov 8, 2001	Birmingham emerges from bushes; CLT defends against ambush of Tax Rollback
Nov 7, 2001	Senate president schemes to ambush tax rollback
Nov 3, 2001	Barbara's response to Globe column: Respect voters on tax rollback
Nov 2, 2001	Sore losers defy voters' mandate
Nov 1, 2001	Legislature diddles as economy burns
Oct 30, 2001	Tax Rollback holding the line, so far
Oct 29, 2001	Boston Globe columnist calls for repeal of Tax Rollback; gets his facts wrong
Oct 27, 2001	Municipalities cry poverty amidst "embarrassment of riches"
Oct 26, 2001	Beacon Hill predators stalk Tax Rollback
Oct 25, 2001	Stalking the Tax Rollback
Oct 23, 2001	Tax Rollback - Just an "option"?
Oct 19, 2001	Gimme Lobby escalates its attempted theft
Oct 18, 2001	Another "fiscal crisis" - another tax hike?
Oct 17, 2001	TEAM launches ludicrous "petition drive"
Oct 4, 2001	Making up the rules as they go along
Oct 3, 2001	Boston Globe columnist calls for freeze on tax rollback
Sep 29, 2001	"Hands off the tax cuts"
Sep 26, 2001	Finneran calls for halt of tax rollback
Sep 21, 2001	State Senate kills voluntary tax checkoff
Sep 11, 2001	Twenty Reps unanimously kill Tax Reduction Fund
Sep 7, 2001	Thank you CLT Minuteman Norm Paley, and courageous Rep. Vinny deMacedo: Heroes both!
Sep 5, 2001	Income Tax Rollback slows surplus growth; Taxpayer spending boosts economy, sales tax receipts
Sep 4, 2001	Tax relief = smaller surpluses, less spending growth
Aug 31, 2001	Tax Reduction Fund raid put on hold
Aug 30, 2001	Rep. Vinny deMacedo; that one brave legislator
Aug 29, 2001	Memo to legislators concerning the Stabilization Fund
Aug 28, 2001	Pols plot to expand, create new slush funds with tax surplus; CLT seeking to stymie changes
Aug 25, 2001	Tax Reduction Fund raid this week?
Aug 24, 2001	"Tax cut blamed for lower surplus"
Aug 23, 2001	"Ruled by a Myth: The Lock Box Trap," by Robert E. Kelly
Aug 20, 2001	"Now you see it, now you don't" - Legislature's sleight-of-hand raids Tax Reduction Fund
Aug 18, 2001	A new wave of gas price-gougers
Aug 17, 2001	A new tax increase cry is heard
Aug 6, 2001	Correcting Carla Howell
Aug 3, 2001	"CLT sizing up new tax plan"
Aug 2, 2001	"Paid Family Leave" for some instead of a tax cut for all?
Aug 1, 2001	Anything to keep our tax over-payment ... anything
Jul 31, 2001	Carla Howell to launch petition drive to abolish state income tax
Jul 30, 2001	State Sen. Brian A. Joyce: Who will the self-proclaimed "Tax Dragon-Slayer" betray next?
Jul 27, 2001	CLT proposes indexing Personal Exemptions if Minimum Wage is indexed
Jul 26, 2001	REPORT: CLT represented at international taxpayers conference
Jul 24, 2001	Voluntary Tax Checkoff is catching on!
Jul 19, 2001	Brockton Enterprise editorial: "Rainy day fund is overflowng"
Jul 19, 2001	"Multiple-Choice" Joyce; no "man of the people"
Jul 18, 2001	CLT exposes state Sen. Brian A. Joyce, candidate for 9th Congressional seat
Jul 18, 2001	Boston Herald editorial: "Rainy day fund: Big enough already"
Jul 18, 2001	Memo to House: Keep the Promise yourselves
Jul 17, 2001	Speaker Finneran plots to raid Tax Reduction Fund, again
Jul 14, 2001	Real tax revolts are alive and well in the "Volunteer State"
Jul 9, 2001	"Who's Hot" this week: Barbara Anderson!
Jul 6, 2001	Gov. Swift abandons tax hike plan
Jul 5, 2001	Swift tax increase
Jul 4, 2001	Gov. Swift violating her "No New Taxes" pledge
Jul 2, 2001	Happy 20th Birthday Proposition 2� !
Jun 28, 2001	Swift "Tax Cut": ... this is no tax cut
Jun 27, 2001	Gov. Swift's news release: Her proposed new "tax cut"
Jun 27, 2001	REPORT: Proposition 2� - 20 Years Later (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Jun 26, 2001	20 Years of Proposition 2� CLT releases Lane & Company report on twenty-year impact of levy limit
Jun 22, 2001	"It's time to put your money where your mouth is"
Jun 21, 2001	Freedom wins again as "primary enforcement" is defeated
Jun 14, 2001	Voluntary Tax fumbled by Senate Republican hands
Jun 13, 2001	Seat Belt Law: Insurers proclaim true motivation
Jun 9, 2001	Hypocrisy writ large; Lefties beg for tax rebates!
Jun 8, 2001	CLT launches radio ads for voluntary tax check-off
Jun 7, 2001	President Bush thanks CLT for its assistance with his $1.35 trillion tax cut
Jun 6, 2001	A sales tax increase on greased skids?
May 30, 2001	Democracy and freedom score an upset victory
May 23, 2001	Hearing on proposed Joe Six-Pack tax increase
May 14, 2001	Boston Globe acknowledges bait-and-switch scam
May 12, 2001	House raided Tax Reduction Fund for spending; Senate likely will follow
May 10, 2001	Proposed tobacco tax increase: A foot in the door?
May 9, 2001	CLT testimony against Sen. Birmingham's tobacco tax increase
May 8, 2001	Addiction to new tax revenues hard to kick
May 7, 2001	They're back for more taxes, spending ... then even more taxes!
May 4, 2001	CLT to Legislature: Give back the extortion money!
May 2, 2001	"A vote for fiscal sanity" as revenue still pours in
May 1, 2001	CLT celebrates "Third Way" approach in House tax policy
May 1, 2001	Savor the victory of "a national first"!
Apr 30, 2001	House adopts Voluntary Tax Check-off in budget debate!
Apr 30, 2001	House opens budget debate with drive for more taxes
Apr 27, 2001	Buckle up, or be ready for a lockup
Apr 25, 2001	TEAM, MTA call for more new taxes ... again
Apr 18, 2001	Governor Swift signs "No New Taxes" pledge
Apr 16, 2001	American's first organized gun-control protest (It was a doozy!)
Apr 10, 2001	Tax cut winners tweak the losers with new "targeted tax hike" plan
Apr 9, 2001	CLT invites support from TEAM & MTA for Voluntary Tax Check-off bill
Apr 6, 2001	CLT bids farewell to Governor Cellucci
Apr 5, 2001	Taxation Committee hearing date on Tuesday for CLT's Voluntary Tax Check-off bill
Apr 4, 2001	Spring and "No New Taxes" is in the air
Apr 2, 2001	March state revenue up $52 million over March 2000; (Budget) Year-to-date revenue up $860 million or 7.8 percent over last year
Apr 1, 2001	Voluntary tax eases impact of tax-relief referendum - A Boston Herald column by Chip Ford
Mar 27, 2001	Substance abuse on Beacon Hill
Mar 26, 2001	CLT launches new political action committee: "JOE SIX-PAC"
Mar 21, 2001	"People who live in glass houses" (and senates) ...
Mar 19, 2001	Are voters as stupid as the pols think?
Mar 15, 2001	TEAM calls for new taxes (of course)
Mar 14, 2001	CLT anticipates TEAM's support for Voluntary Tax check-off
Mar 12, 2001	End "Taxation through Litigation" in Microsoft Case
Mar 1, 2001	February state revenue up $40 Million over February 2000; (Budget) Year-to-date revenue up $805 million over last year
Mar 1, 2001	Consistency, not situational ethics, Part II
Feb 5, 2001	Consistency, not situational ethics - "Pols must listen when voters speak," Boston Herald
Feb 4, 2001	Leave the tax rollback alone; State revenue up again over 2000, and; Lawmakers spend campaign cash liberally
Feb 1, 2001	Teachers Union is back for more, as usual ... and an update on tax rollback attack
Jan 31, 2001	CLT enlist in "War on Beacon Hill"
Jan 31, 2001	State Sen. Richard Moore threatens tax rollback; defenders threaten "war"
Jan 27, 2001	Beacon Hill Cabal now pushes for four-year terms
Jan 26, 2001	Reactions to Speaker-for-Life coronation
Jan 25, 2001	Imperious Maximus crowned Speaker-for-Life by "Finneran's little lambs"
Jan 24, 2001	Imperious Maximus tinkers while reform burns
Jan 19, 2001	Coalition for Legislative Reform announces 2001 agenda
Jan 18, 2001	Beware the Law of Diminishing Returns
Jan 5, 2001	CLT earns an Advocate "Halo" while the cries continue, "The sky is falling!"
Jan 4, 2001	Follow-up on legislative pay-raise
Jan 3, 2001	Barbara's Latest Column: Bay State government: Best & worst
Jan 3, 2001	Enjoying your pay-raise today?
Jan 1, 2001	Greed again stalks empty Statehouse corridors
2000 Index	CLT Updates and Alerts! 2000 Archive