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Governor Deval Patrick met yesterday with House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi (left) and Senate President Robert E. Travaglini (right). Both praised Patrick’s openness on the fiscal situation.

Patrick hedges pledge on police, tax

Defends restoring funds, plans volunteer corps

By Andrea Estes
Globe Staff / January 9, 2007

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Governor Deval Patrick, faced with a surprisingly tight budget situation, is tempering some of his campaign promises, saying yesterday that he may have to stretch his much touted plan for 1,000 new police officers over several years and stabilize, rather than cut, property taxes. (Full article: 937 words)

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