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Endnotes with citations for each of the issues on reverse side

• Strengthening & Protecting Public Education. 1. Deval Patrick cut education by $198M in this year’s budget (FY11) hurting programs from pre-k through college.

This added to his 37% reduction in higher ed made in the prior two years, which put Mass. near the bottom of the 50 states in funding for higher ed (#46 of 50). 2. In

this year’s budget Patrick also preserved his 40% cuts to special ed made last year.(www.phenomonline.org, http://www.massbudget.org/docu…

doc_id=690&dse_id=1261 ) 3. Gov. Patrick’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2011 includes a 41% cut to the funding for special education and a tuition rate freeze of

private special ed schools for the second year in a row. Patriot Ledger 4/24/10, “Commentary: MA Legislators Must Protect Special Needs Students From Cuts”, by L Sauer.

4. Cut funding for state and community colleges by about 37% over the past two years. http://www.masslive.com/news/i…

massachusetts_commissioner_of.html  

• Health Care as a Human Right, “Single Payer” 1. Patrick applauded the administration and the legislature for taking “a step in the right direction with the health care

reform bill”. Boston Globe, 10/4/06, Debate Transcript. 2. The budget, which kicks in July 1st, would cut $56M for adult dental services for adults covered by Medicaid.

Masslive.com, 1/27/10, “Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick’s proposed $28.2 billion budget contains $800M in cuts to human services and other areas”,Dan Ring. And “Stop the

elimination of all MassHealth Adult Dental benefits” Facebook page. 3. Cut mental health funding by $12.2 million compared to FY 2010 current budget levels. This is $22.3

million less than the total amount appropriated for mental health services at the beginning of FY 2010. The Governor’s budget includes only $134 million for inpatient

facilities, a 20 percent cut from estimated spending in FY 2010, and a 7 percent cut from what the department estimates it would need to maintain services in FY 2011.

Budget Monitor: The Governor’s Fiscal Year 2011 Budget (Updated) MassBudget.org  4. 3000 eligible elders are waitlisted for home care. 40,000 seniors were cut from

Prescription Advantage assistance, after a series of cuts from $110 million funding in fy06, down to 32.4 million in the fy2011 budget. Deval Patrick preserved cuts

originally made by Mitt Romney, and then further cut the program by another $38 million dollars. This has cut 72% of the original $114 million annual funding for

Prescription Advantage when it was created in 2002.  http://browser.massbudget.org  5. Gov’s budget represents a 2% cut in public health funding compared to current

FY10 budget totals. Compared to funding levels in FY01, after inflation, public health programs have been cut 25%.

• Big giveaways for corporate entitlement programs. 1. Governor Deval Patrick will spend up to $200 million in state funds this year to get 50 building projects

around Massachusetts off the ground…Among the projects are a 17-acre shopping complex in New Bedford, a new medical office building in Hingham for South Shore

Hospital, and [parking lot for] an expansion of offices at MathWorks, a Natick software maker….Some economists said, however, that Patrick’s initiative will have a limited

impact and suggested the funds would be better spent trying to get businesses to expand in Massachusetts and fill the large amount of vacant commercial space already

available here….”They are targeting the symptom rather than the disease,” said Gus Faucher, director of macroeconomics for Moody’s Economy.com. He argued that the

“disease” was really caused by job losses in financial activities and other sectors..”Boston Globe, May 6th, 2010, “Patrick pledges up to $200m to jump-start construction”,

by Casey Ross  2.  $58 million for Evergreen Solar (taking jobs to China). ON THE HOT SEAT “could potentially eliminate 150 to 200 jobs in Mass. starting in mid-2011.” http://

www.boston.com/business/articles/2010/03/12/struggling_evergreen_solar_gives_ceo_six_figure_bonus/  Struggling Evergreen rewards CEOPayout wasn’t tied to financial

goals, solar firm says By Todd Wallack, Globe Staff  |  March 12, 2010

• Casino gambling. 1. Gov. predicts a jackpot, Boston Globe, September 18th, 2007, by Frank Phillips & Andrea Estes http://www.boston.com/news/loc…

2007/09/18/governor_predicts_a_jackpot/

• Increasing Aid for Cities and Towns.  1. Direct local aid to cities and towns received a substantial cut of 27.4 percent in the Governor’s House 1 budget. In addition to

this cut for FY 2010, the Governor also reduces lottery and local aid for FY 2009 by $128 million (9.74 percent) in his 9C cuts.   In FY 2010, the Governor’s budget reduces

each community’s total lottery and additional assistance amount by 28.5 percent from the FY 2009 GAA level, a total cut of $369 million. http://www.massbudget.org/

documentsearch/findDocument?doc_id=716&dse_id=1050  2. Gov. Deval L. Patrick on Monday approved a budget for the next fiscal year [fy2010] that slashes

unrestricted aid to cities and towns by nearly 30%. By DAN RING 6/29/09 Gov Deval atrick signs budget, cuts local funds http://www.masslive.com/news/i…

2009/06/gov_deval_patrick_signs_budget.html

• Restoring Funding for Human Services.  1. $34.5m the state spent to get kids off street & into paying jobs & safe places last year has been slashed to $16.6m this yr.

YAbraham No money to save lives. Globe 4/11/10  2. The Governor’s Budget for FY 2011 (House 2 version) Jan. 28, 2010 $40M cut is reflected in the DDS budget inclusive

of annualizing the earlier 9C cuts this year… In MassHealth, the PCA and Day habilitation programs have no reductions while the adult dental program is reduced with an

exception for those served through DDS. http://www.arcmass.org/StateHo…

tabid/874/Default.aspx  In FY10, the final budget approved by the gov. cut the Dept. of Disability Services over $80M compared to the FY09. From chart entitled: FY10

Final Budget Chart  3. The Gov’s FY11 initial budget included ..funding for human services, ….[totaling]] $3.35 billion. This represents a $14.4M reduction when compared

to FY10 GAA funding levels. Gov’s budget recommends cuts to services for children and families, child care financial assistance, and the Dept of Youth Services; community

day and work programs for adults, transportation services, and respite and intensive family supports …. A reduction in funding for the Employment Services Program (ESP)

by … $12.M, or 49%, relative to the FY10 GAA….When adjusted for inflation, the Gov’s funding recommendation represents a 58% reduction in funding when compared to

FY01. The Gov’s budget maintains $4.4M in FY10 9C cuts and proposes an additional $4.9M cut to DYS representing an $8.4M total reduction in funding from the FY10

GAA. http://www.massbudget.org/docu…            4. Patrick’s vetoes [to fy2010 budget] include $7.6M to the

administration and other expenses of the state’s Trial Court, $1M in emergency food assistance, $2M for secure treatment facilities for opiate addiction, $2.8M for subsidies

to housing authorities and $1.5M in grants to local tourism councils for marketing and promotion.

• Stopping waste of billions on wars in Iraq & Afghanistan.  1. Patrick’s Iraq spin ignores war’s real impact, Jill Stein for Governor, July 26, 2010 http://

www.jillstein.org/content/patricks-iraq-spin-ignores-wars-real-impact  2. Gov. Patrick avoids questions about whether U.S. should be in Iraq and Afghanistan, MA Gov.

Deval Patrick arrives in Afghanistan as part of Middle East war zone tour, Associated Press, Friday, July 23, 2010, http://www.masslive.com/news/i…

massachusetts_gov_deval_patric_21.html

• Stopping hikes in regressive taxes and fees.  1. Patrick stresses upside of tax hikes, Boston Globe, June 27, 2009, Matt Viser http://www.boston.com/news/local/

massachusetts/articles/2009/06/27/patrick_upbeat_on_1_billion_in_tax_increases/

• Transparency on Beacon Hill.  1. Mass. Green-Rainbow Party candidate releases taxes, Wed. May 19, Associated Press, Gov. Deval Patrick refused to release his returns

to the AP, as he did in 2006, http://www.bostonherald.com/ne…

• Cleaning up Influence-Peddling on Beacon Hill.  1. New life for Patrick fund raising: Aides defend use of lobbyist as campaign coffers grow. Boston Globe, June 3,

2010, by Frank Phillips http://www.boston.com/news/loc…

• Effective Climate Action.  1. Biomass or Biomess? The state forges ahead with many questions unanswered. The Valley Advocate, June 30, 2009 by Mary Serreze

http://www.valleyadvocate.com/… 2. Mass. plant will make natural gas from coal. Boston Globe, October 25, 2007 by Robert Gavin. http://

www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2007/10/25/mass_plant_will_make_natural_gas_from_coal/