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Globe Editorial

Helping towns help themselves

April 2, 2009

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House Speaker Robert DeLeo is already trying to quash some of the better ideas a municipal task force is expected to propose for cash-strapped cities and towns, including letting them raise a penny on the state meals and hotel taxes, at local option. He should reconsider. (Full article: 279 words)

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