Watch what children and teens have to say about the possibility of losing their libraries.

Watch Author R.A. Salvatore Speak Out On Massachusetts Libraries & Question 1

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Courting Chaos in Massachusetts
NY Times Editorial Published: October 22, 2008
The ballot proposal to eliminate Massachusetts’s income tax is reckless and would hurt all taxpayers.

Read a variety of opinions on Question 1 from CommonWealth Magazine.

Read this great editorial from the Kingston Reporter.

Don't miss Brockton Public Library System Director Harry Williams on Greater Boston discussing the impact of Question 1 on his library.

Read The Truth About Income Tax Repeal by MLA's President Richard Callaghan.

The people at Coalition for our Communities have created an interactive map that displays the estimated impact that eliminating the income tax will have on every city and town in Massachusetts, as well as the estimated impact on our kids' schools.

Brockton Public Library staff, trustees, and library supporters from the community have formed the Support Your Future Committee to campaign for passage of the library override question on November 4th. The property tax override for the library ($210,000) will cost the average Brockton household less than 11 cents extra a week to restore hours and services lost to budget cuts this year. For more information, visit Support Your Future web site.

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