Neighbor to Neighbor's blog

On Friday, February 11th, Neighbor To Neighbor held its first meeting with State Representative Michael Kane to ask for support on our 2005 agenda. Neighbor to Neighbor members were pleased with the meeting, and felt that the Representative was responsive to many of their needs, including supporting our proposals for health care expansion and restoration of MassHealth benefits, raising the minimum wage to $8.25 an hour, and protecting welfare for the families with the greatest barriers to employment.

Progressive Tax Legislation Will Ensure that Big Corporations and the Wealthy Pay Their Fair Share

• Thanks to an 11th-hour mobilization by Neighbor to Neighbor activists and our allies in labor, legislation in danger of dying in committee was passed on the last day of the session. This will close several corporate tax loopholes and raise $90 million for the programs you care about.

Final push in the STOP THE CUTS campaign led by Neighbor to Neighbor, the AFL-CIO, and the Stop the Cuts Coalition:

The Governor has released his vetoes!
Call your State Representative and Senator to Override these Vetoes:
617-722-2000

Sample call:
“Hi, my name is ________. I live [or work] at _____. Please help working families by supporting an override on the following line items:

Leadership of the House and Senate are meeting in Conference Committee to finalize a budget for the coming year.

Please call your state legislators now to make sure the budget includes funding for our priorities. You can find out who your state legislators are and get their phone numbers by filling our the form in the "Lookup legislators" block in the right hand column of this web page.

Year after year for the past three years, the state has faced multi-billion dollar deficits. EVERY program -- public schools, fire fighting and police forces, rent subsidies, child care vouchers -- has been and continues to be on the chopping block. We cannot expand, let alone protect the programs we care about, without addressing this deficit.