Sales tax foes upbeat on prospects
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Boston Globe: Antitax crusaders yesterday triumphantly turned in what they called a “challenge proof’’ number of voter signatures in their attempt to put on the November ballot a measure halving the state’s 6.25 percent sales tax. The push to lower the tax to 3 percent has been tried before, but supporters say the recession has created a newly favorable climate for passage. Opponents warn the measure would cut state income by $2 billion or more, gutting budgets for police, teachers, and programs protecting the poor. The sales tax question is one of three binding issues likely to make the November ballot. Measures repealing the sales tax on alcohol and eliminating an affordable housing law also have the required petition signatures, advocates say. The deadline for submitting required voter signatures passed yesterday. Secretary of State William F. Galvin expects to review the signatures over the next few days, according to his spokesman. A total of 11,099 certified signatures were required yesterday for a measure to get on the ballot, and the groups also had to present 66,593 signatures on Dec. 2 of last year.
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