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Bob Katzen – Beacon Hill Roll Call
Gov.
Deval Patrick unveiled his proposal for a $28 billion fiscal 2010
budget that includes a $375 million or seven percent reduction in local
aid. His fiscal 2010 budget plan and $375 million cut are only
proposals and can be changed by the House and Senate when they draft
their own versions of the budget.
The governor's proposal also
offers initiatives that he says would generate revenue to help reduce
the $375 million local aid cut. These ideas include a one-cent increase
in the statewide meals and room occupancy taxes and allowing cities and
towns to impose an additional one percent local option meals and room
occupancy taxes.
The governor's package also proposes imposing
the state's five percent sales tax on some currently exempt items
including alcohol purchased at liquor stores and other outlets, candy
and sweetened beverages. He also calls for raising Registry of Motor
Vehicle fees and expanding the five-cent recycle deposit to plain and
flavored water, coffee-based drinks, juices and sports drinks.
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