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CLT Legislative Rating for the 2001-2002 Session
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2002 Roll Call Votes for the Biggest Tax Increase in State History
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Dec 31, 2002	Tax hikes are here, and more are coming
Dec 30, 2002	My New Year's Resolution
Dec 28, 2002	Another pay raise -- enough's enough!  (History of the Automatic Legislative Pay Raise)
Dec 27, 2002	CLT looking forward to 2003
Dec 26, 2002	"A middle-finger salute" to Beacon Hill
Dec 17, 2002	Rep. Rushing challenges Finneran's reign
Dec 16, 2002	Analysis of threat to Initiative Petition process
Dec 15, 2002	Legislature targets for kill citizens' last chance
Dec 12, 2002	Senators again file zero-based budget bill
Dec 9, 2002	The classic clash of political philosophies
Dec 6, 2002	CLT files bills for 2003 session
Dec 5, 2002	"Fiscal crisis" and other boondoggles: "Menino wants" creating another
Dec 3, 2002	Commentary on Big Brother's arrival
Nov 19, 2002	Menino's Extravaganza: Don't say later that we didn't warn you!
Nov 17, 2002	Feds plan massive database to track all citizens
Nov 16, 2002	Ground Zero for DNC: Incurable tax-and-spend Mass.
Nov 15, 2002	DNC convention to Bay State: "Let them eat cake"
Nov 12, 2002	News, winks & nods, and hypocrisy
Nov 8, 2002	It's payback time for MTF and others
Nov 7, 2002	Question 1: Message sent and received
Nov 6, 2002	Working families revolt
Nov 3, 2002	Can we survive one-party tyranny again?
Nov 2, 2002	"Gang of Three" grows to Four
Nov 1, 2002	Conduct unbecoming Shannon O'Brien
Oct 30, 2002	Barbara profiled in Salem News
Oct 27, 2002	Scurrilous "bigot" charge rebutted
Oct 26, 2002	Question 1, pension fund scandal grows, and Finneran's attack
Oct 22, 2002	The Beacon Hill sewage system fills swamp
Oct 21, 2002	Beacon Hill exceeds our cynicism, yet again, with more pension abuses
Oct 20, 2002	Finneran brings Fat Cats to their knees to defeat Q-3
Oct 19, 2002	Timing is everything for next tax hike
Oct 18, 2002	Some alliances shift - some never do
Oct 18, 2002	CLT Announces Ballot Question Recommendations
Oct 17, 2002	Mister Rep. Lewis lands plum court job
Oct 16, 2002	Brinkmanship or gamesmanship?
Oct 15, 2002	Boston Globe joins Finneran's chorus line
Oct 13, 2002	Finneran's Fiscal Crisis, Act II opens soon
Oct 10, 2002	The debate: They report, you decide
Oct 9, 2002	Important debate tonight may change election outcome
Oct 6, 2002	Massive tax hike ahead? / Campaign insights
Oct 4, 2002	The gubernatorial election finally gets real
Oct 1, 2002	Here comes the tax-hike bandwagon again
Sep 28, 2002	Media-elite fear voters, deny democracy
Sep 24, 2002	CLT on Question 1; Barbara to analyze gubernatorial debates tonight on NECN
Sep 21, 2002	Reps "running from Finneran like the devil runs from holy water"
Sep 19, 2002	"Anatomy" of Rep. Maryanne Lewis' defeat
Sep 18, 2002	Voters take out key Finneran Favorite
Sep 18, 2002	Defeat of key Finneran loyalist marks revolution's opening salvo
Sep 17, 2002	Reaction to CLT's issue ads
Sep 16, 2002	CLT launches issue ads on incumbents’ voting records
Sep 6, 2002	That infamous legislative excuse: "We were clueless"!
Sep 4, 2002	Sen. Baddour leads Senate, Reps. Brown, Hargraves and Hill top House with 100% CLT Taxpayer Ratings
Sep 4, 2002	CLT ignites the revolution
Sep 3, 2002	CLT Legislative Rating for the 2001-2002 Session
Aug 30, 2002	Incumbents beware: CLT geared-up for fall revolution
Aug 27, 2002	Enough already!
Aug 27, 2002	Carla Howell takes on MTF's Widmer tonight; Housing sales down already!
Aug 6, 2002	Aftermath of Budget 2003 - and "honest constituent service"
Aug 2, 2002	Gimme Lobby is coming for MORE! as last tool of democracy is hijacked
Aug 1, 2002	"Economic fascism" on the rise in Mass. - Gov. Swift earns "Dunce Cap Award"
Jul 31, 2002	CLT awards 2nd "Village Idiot Dunce Cap" Award - Sen. Montigny
Jul 30, 2002	CLT awards 1st "Village Idiot Dunce Cap" Award - Rep. DeLeo
Jul 28, 2002	A l'il light n' easy today
Jul 27, 2002	Beacon Hill "village idiots" stumble on with prescription drugs, nursing homes
Jul 26, 2002	Beacon Hill "village idiots" exceed themselves
Jul 25, 2002	Senate override roll call vote of Governor's tax hike veto
Jul 25, 2002	Beacon Hill "village idiots" betray us again
Jul 24, 2002	"We've Only Just Begun" - More massive tax hikes coming
Jul 23, 2002	House override roll call vote of Governor's tax hike veto
Jul 23, 2002	Bacon Hill adopts Enron accounting
Jul 22, 2002	Memo to Governor Swift (Re: Vetoes)
Jul 22, 2002	Let's Roll!
Jul 21, 2002	It's time to throw them out ... as many as we can
Jul 20, 2002	CLT's Voluntary Tax Check-off adopted in horrendous budget
Jul 19, 2002	House roll call vote on conference committee tax hike
Jul 19, 2002	Senate roll call vote on conference committee tax hike
Jul 19, 2002	Taxachusetts resurrected - Monster tax hike is passed
Jul 19, 2002	The Biggest Tax Hike in State History: Inevitable
Jul 18, 2002	The Beacon Hill Cabal's hijackings continue
Jul 17, 2002	Tax hike budget choreography a black art
Jul 17, 2002	Taxpayer rip-off due today
Jul 16, 2002	The choreographed dance begins: tax hikes tomorrow?
Jul 9, 2002	Rep. Maryanne Lewis: Who does she really represent?
Jul 8, 2002	CLT  radio ad (text)
Jul 7, 2002	"It's time to fight back!"
Jul 5, 2002	CLT radio ad and election strategy
Jul 2, 2002	Exposing Sen. Montigny's latest scam - We warned it was coming!
Jun 26, 2002	The price of hog heaven hits $640M
Jun 25, 2002	House feeding frenzy resumes today
Jun 20, 2002	House leaders caught red-handed; Feeding frenzy postponed
Jun 19, 2002	Dirty little budget 'secrets' begin to surface
Jun 17, 2002	Death knell of the Initiative Process
Jun 17, 2002	How the game is played
Jun 15, 2002	Spending, tax increases lead only to more of same
Jun 14, 2002	Senate passes biggest tax increase in history; media sleeps
Jun 13, 2002	Tax rollback goes down without a fight
Jun 13, 2002	Senate rollcall votes on the biggest tax increase in state history
Jun 12, 2002	Widmer and MTF step in it again
Jun 11, 2002	Dishonorable or just stupid?
Jun 10, 2002	Memo to the Senate: Give us a break!
Jun 10, 2002	The deception continues
Jun 8, 2002	They know where to cut, but won't
Jun 7, 2002	MTF calls for bigger tax increase
Jun 6, 2002	Legislators have tasted taxpayers' blood
Jun 5, 2002	Senate plots to outspend House
Jun 3, 2002	Flaws and flaws
Jun 1, 2002	De Tocqueville warned us
May 30, 2002	"The platinum parachute"
May 29, 2002	MTF's latest wish list that won't happen, again
May 28, 2002	Who do you believe?
May 23, 2002	Mitt Romney vs. Sen. Knapik (R-Westfield)
May 22, 2002	Birmingham on the run
May 21, 2002	Update from Barbara Anderson
May 20, 2002	Tax hike battle moves to the Senate
May 18, 2002	Emperor Caligula again decrees
May 16, 2002	Report following Sen. Baddour's forum
May 15, 2002	Excise tax hike killed
May 14, 2002	State Sen. Baddour to host "How to balance the state budget" forum
May 13, 2002	Can't we trust them to one day turn honest?
May 11, 2002	UMass-Dartmouth Prof. Clyde Barrow: What passes for education today
May 10, 2002	"A harbinger of taxpayer revolt"
May 9, 2002	Blumer's proposed commission illegitimate; lacks credibility without CLT
May 9, 2002	Prop 2˝ saved, for another day!
May 8, 2002	Prop 2˝ under attack, next
May 7, 2002	Abuse of power expands
May 6, 2002	Favor tax hikes, raise your hand and pay them!
May 6, 2002	When next ye scribes are summoned ...
May 5, 2002	A Barbara Update / Tax hike fallout
May 4, 2002	A modern-day Shays' Rebellion?
May 3, 2002	Tax Freedom Day celebrated in Mass. with $1.4 B tax hike
May 2, 2003	House roll call vote on on $1.4 billion tax increases - how did your rep vote for you?
May 2, 2002	Tax Day in Taxachusetts, and a feeding frenzy looms
May 1. 2002	Like Barbara, we're gaining ground
Apr 30, 2002	It's time to challenge, threaten ... run!
Apr 30, 2002	Gear up: The hard work of democracy is again on the horizon
Apr 29, 2002	Another "temporary" tax increase? Oh my aching head!
Apr 26, 2002	Long-awaited Theater of the Absurd opens on Beacon Hill
Apr 25, 2002	Have you done your part?
Apr 24, 2002	It's time to act! -- Let's do it for Barbara
Apr 24, 2002	BARBARA IS BACK!  Her accident and recovery - a timeline progress report
Apr 23, 2002	"Win just one for the Gipper"
Apr 15. 2002	CLT cautiously optimistic while hope remains
Apr 13, 2002	More Republican leadership betrayals ahead?
Apr 12, 2002	CLT plans Tax Day Celebration    as Senate declares "end of 'fiscal crisis'"
Apr 11, 2002	Thinking of her future, Swift must keep her pledge / TEAM: What is it, nuts?
Apr 10, 2002	CLT's "blended approach" - Stop squandering our money
Apr 8, 2002	Teachers union spends another $1M, while pols pocket more
Apr 7, 2002	The deadly "Week of April 29th" approaches
Apr 6, 2002	"Make state's candidates take 'the pledge'" - Boston Globe column by Barbara Anderson
Apr 4, 2002	Primary Day Exit Poll"?
Apr 3, 2002	Exposure of anti-Prop 2˝ false propaganda increases (Boston Globe correction)
Apr 2, 2002	Memo to the Legislature: Proposed Proposition 2˝  hikes
Apr 2, 2002	More anti-Prop 2˝ propaganda
Apr 1, 2002	Lambert succinctly defines the "budget crisis"
Mar 31, 2002	Misinformation, disinformation, distortions and lies
Mar 30, 2002	A few simple observations
Mar 29, 2002	Republican state rep. calls for death of Prop 2˝ - Carla Howell signs the pledge
Mar 28, 2002	CLT meets with Mitt:  Still no pledge
Mar 27, 2002	Romney rejects Taxpayer Protection Pledge
Mar 25, 2002	Birmingham attacks fiscal responsibility
Mar 24, 2002	Gov. Swift challenges Beacon Hill leaders to budget debates
Mar 22, 2002	Hands off the Auto Excise rate
Mar 22, 2002	Romney vows no new taxes; Prop 2˝ comes under attack
Mar 19, 2002	Gov. Swift's Speech to the Mass. Taxpayers Foundation
Mar 18, 2002	Gov. Swift to attack MTF on its tax hike scheme; to call business elite "cynical"
Mar 15, 2002	House budget czar pledges no new taxes?
Mar 13, 2002	Fall River mayor lashes out; MTF ambushed by Gimme Lobby
Mar 12, 2002	Memo to the Legislature: A fiscal policy false choice
Mar 11, 2002	Despite municipal profligacy, more is never enough
Mar 9, 2002	"Fiscal nightmare" fraud exposed
Mar 7, 2002	MTF: wrong again, backpeddling, but still wants tax rollback freeze
Mar 5, 2002	"A tax cut delayed is a tax cut denied"
Mar 2, 2002	Mayors lay their money addiction on the Legislature
Mar 1, 2002	Cut pols' "Clean Elections Compensation Slush Fund" first!
Feb 28, 2002	Legislature schemes to exceed its own greed
Feb 27, 2002	It all started here, only a week ago
Feb 25, 2002	Romney's return gives taxpayers hope
Feb 22, 2002	MTF finally outed as shill for "corporate elite"
Feb 21, 2002	Acting Gov. Swift claims "no politics" in her "thorough and deliberate" political decision
Feb 20, 2002	Acting Gov. Swift shows no mercy; denies Amirault despite unanimous parole board
Feb 18, 2002	Selectmen cool on rollback "freeze"
Feb 14, 2002	Democrat calls rollback "freeze" a tax increase
Feb 11, 2002	"Unmet needs" vs. unmet "wants"
Feb 10, 2002	Why do we need $23 Billion if $450 Million will do?
Feb 9, 2002	Like Enron, MTF is "nonpartisan"
Feb 8, 2002	MTF: Instigating class warfare
Feb 7, 2002	"Fiscal Nightmare" Express on taxes fast track
Feb 5, 2002	Same old tax-hike scam, 13 years later
Feb 4, 2002	"Those who fail to learn from history ..."
Feb 2, 2002	Damn, we're right again (plus, Free Gerry Amirault!)
Feb 1, 2002	Tax hikes debate scheduled
Jan 31, 2002	Gimme Lobby keeps making our point
Jan 29, 2002	Sen. Birmingham to "rethink wisdom" of tax rollback!
Jan 27, 2002	Globe poll claims support for tax rollback "delay"
Jan 25, 2002	Who is this so-called MTF?
Jan 24, 2002	Surprise! Gimme Lobby condemns Gov. Swift's budget
Jan 23, 2002	MTF sets the stage for tax increase, more spending
Jan 22, 2002	CLT challenges so-called Mass. Taxpayers Foundation ...
Jan 17, 2002	So-called MTF looking for more of your money again
Jan 16, 2002	Gov. Swift defends initiative process in State of the State address
Jan 14, 2002	National ID Card only a step away, if that
Jan 11, 2002	The scorpion and the frog - States' unsustainable spending increased 63% in '90s report says
Jan 9, 2002	Another boondoggle exposed in AG's office
Jan 5, 2002	Gimme Lobby charitable giving and tax hikes
Jan 3, 2002	Beacon Hill is put on notice
Jan 2, 2002	A new year, a new objective: "Project Salvation 2002"
Jan 1, 2002	Meet the New Year; same as the old year ... so far
2001 Index	CLT Updates and Alerts! 2001 Archive