On November 20th we held our General Assembly which was filled with lots of lively discussion. Here are some of the highlights. Results of ballot questions we worked on. We had targeted several of the ballot questions for our work. Here are the results. Question 1 Fair Share -Millionaires Tax Franklin County 21,052 Yes 9,859

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By Ferd Wulkan and Anne Ferguson We all know we have a housing crisis all across our country.  Rents have skyrocketed; there are insufficient numbers of apartments and houses available; many people in our cities are unhoused; rent control is considered too radical; there are few protections against evictions.  The American dream has long included

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Where do We Go from Here? Hold the Date Sunday November 20, 2022 2:00pm to 4:00pm Guiding Star Grange 401 Chapman St. Greenfield

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From the FCCPR Co-Ordinating Committee Yes on Question 1 – Fair Share Amendment, the Millionaires Tax This is a long needed amendment to our State Constitution. This proposed constitutional amendment would establish an additional 4% state income tax on that portion of annual taxable income in excess of $1 million. This income level would be

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Wednesday September 7 at 5pm Greenfield City Hall Are you upset by Mayor Wedergartner’s unilateral decision to give Chief Haigh his job back, with zero regard to his illegal, racist conduct and his enabling of serious misconduct in the Greenfield Police Department?  You’re not alone! Please come out on Wednesday, September 7 at 5pm in

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FCCPR General Assembly Thursday July 7th 7:00pm Register for the assembly As the country hurtles backwards in history – no abortions, no separation of church and state, more guns – please join other CPR members to figure out how we respond to current events. Four of the current members of the Supreme Court were appointed

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This is the follow-up campaign to the successful” Change the Massachusetts State Flag” campaign. Please call or email Co-chairs of the Joint Committee on State Administration, Rep. Tony Cabral and Sen. Marc Pacheco asap. Ask them to set a vote before the 6/30 deadline and favorably pass this bill out of their Committee, where it

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Franklin County Continuing the Political Revolution is cancelling the “March for Our Lives – Anti Gun Violence Rally” scheduled for Saturday June 11 at Noon on the Greenfield Common. While we wished to hold this rally to be part of a national effort to curb gun violence we now feel the logistics of holding this

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SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 2022 GREENFIELD TOWN COMMON Noon to 1 pm Over the last year alone, 41,000 lives were taken by gun violence in the US. A disproportionate number of these deaths occur in Black and Brown communities, highlighting once again that gun violence prevention is a racial justice issue. Firearms are the second leading

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