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Decisive Victory

Submitted by Baer on Wed, 03/24/2010 - 2:29pm

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    • Pottery

    Submitted by Baer on Sat, 03/20/2010 - 4:53pm

    An awesome video by Michael DeChiara with Maddy Fordham and Bill Miller! Inspired by Bruce Watson.

    Potholes!

    Submitted by Baer on Sat, 03/20/2010 - 4:00pm

    An excellent Override spot from Michael DeChiara, Bill Miller and Maddy Fordham!

    On the streets

    Submitted by Baer on Sat, 03/20/2010 - 2:56pm

    The Vote YES for Amherst took to the streets this weekend! We'll be downtown again on Sunday, so join us!  Bring your car and we'll decorate the windows with Vote YES in green & white adorable lettering!

    Larry King Discusses Amherst's Prop 2 1/2 Override with Sarah Palin!

    Submitted by Baer on Thu, 03/18/2010 - 4:10pm

    Teachers Step Up to Help Amherst!

    Submitted by Baer on Thu, 03/18/2010 - 12:33pm

    Amherst teachers have voted to give back an average of $1,000 per teacher to the schools if the override passes! This is an awesome display of investment in our town by our teachers. The police have given back part of their salary and all non-union town employees have forgone their annual increases and given them to the town.

    This $350,000 giveback only will happen if the Override passes. Our town is really coming together in this time of fiscal crisis to save the things we love in our community.

    See the Gazette story here:

    Apologies

    Submitted by Baer on Wed, 03/17/2010 - 6:38pm

    Our sincerest apologies to James Rising, who was mistakenly listed as an override supporter. He is not supporting the override.

    An honest error, he was marked as a supporter in our database instead of his wife.

    No More?

    Submitted by Baer on Tue, 03/16/2010 - 2:30pm

    If you've driven around Amherst lately, you've seen the NO MORE OVERRIDES signs in their hazardous yellow format.

    No more overrides?  First off, there have only been TWO overrides in the history of Amherst.  Secondly, Proposition 2 1/2 was structured that towns would have to pass an occassional override by limiting increases below inflation rates.

    Tightening Our Belts

    Submitted by Baer on Mon, 03/15/2010 - 3:37pm

    I hear from some folks that they won't vote for an override until the town "tighten's its belt".

    Want Lower Taxes? You've got 'em!

    Submitted by Baer on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 2:48pm

    One of the primary arguments I hear against an override is that we have to draw the line on every increasing taxes. Here is the simple math after 8 years of Republican administrations in Washington and Boston:

    Our taxes are lower today than in 2000! If your family brings in $70,000 a year and you live in the average house in Amherst ($334,600 property value), your combined tax payments for property tax and federal and state income tax were actually over $600 lower in 2009 than they were in 2000!

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