NEWS RELEASE
November 2, 2000
Contact: John Brockelman, (617) 423-2000
Citizens for Limited Taxation's "Promise to Keep" campaign
to fund $40K "Yes on 4" Radio Ad blitz
Radio campaign will complement
new Tax Rollback Committee TV ad
Citizens for Limited Taxation's "Promise to Keep" campaign to
fund $40K "Yes on 4" Radio Ad blitz.
Radio campaign will complement new Tax Rollback Committee TV ad.
The Tax Rollback Committee, part of the coalition urging a
"Yes" vote on Question 4 to rollback the state's income tax to 5%, announced today that CLT's "Promise to Keep"
campaign committee will fund a $40,000 radio ad blitz until Election Day.
The radio ad blitz will complement the Tax Rollback
Committee's new television ad which features average taxpayers urging a "Yes" vote on Question 4. The radio ad campaign will
air on major Boston radio stations and the television ad campaign will continue to focus on major
stations in the Boston and Springfield areas.
"CLT has been a tremendous partner every step of the way
during this important campaign especially their grassroots signature gathering organization that ensured Question 4 a spot
on the ballot," said Tax Rollback spokesman John Brockelman. "This $40,000 radio buy, which
complements our television ad campaign will put Question 4 over the top on November 7th."
"Unlike the unions, taxpayer groups like CLT cannot assign
dues to its members to pay for ballot campaigns," said CLT Executive Director Barbara Anderson. "We can never afford TV
ads and are very grateful for the Governor's efforts to make us competitive with our opponents
in that medium. However, our activists who are running the grassroots effort have also
volunteered enough to buy radio ads for a Yes vote on Question 4."
To date, ten major daily Massachusetts newspapers have
endorsed a "Yes" vote on Question 4. A "Yes" vote on Question 4 will rollback the "temporary" income tax increase passed in the
late 1980's to pay for the state's fiscal deficit.
Copies of the new radio and television ads can be obtained
by calling John Brockelman at the above contact number.
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