Home Saturday, July 4, 2009

  • Lawmakers Reject Budget

    Republicans Reject Budget

    State Rep. Vinny deMacedo, R-Plymouth, and his Republican colleagues in the House stood united last week in rejecting what they called a “reckless” budget, saying its contents were light on reform and heavy on taxes.

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  • Calling for Tougher Penalties

    Calling for Tougher Penalties

    Lawmakers are eyeing a bill that would send anyone convicted of pointing or shooting a firearm at a police officer to prison for 10 years.

    The bill, filed by state Rep. Vinny deMacedo, R-Plymouth, so far has the support of 25 legislators, state prosecutors and police chiefs in the region.

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  • Fighting Government Waste

    Fighting Government Waste

    State Rep. Vinny deMacedo of Plymouth is one of two local legislators who have put together a government waste hotline and e-mail address.

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  • Calling All Pork-Busters

    Calling All Pork Busters

    When Gov. Deval Patrick brings home billions in federal stimulus bacon, two Republican lawmakers will be counting on government-fatigued taxpayers to be “pork busters,” dropping dimes on napping hacks and boondoggles run amok.

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  • Critics Trash Bailout Bins

    Critics Trash Bailout-Funded Bins

    Heaping $21.8 million of federal stimulus money into 6,000 solar-powered trash compactors isn’t passing the smell test for lawmakers already concerned about wasting the Bay State’s share of the bailout windfall.

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