A Big Win for Common Sense: Updated Media Links on Tax Plan Defeat

Dec 18

Since our last update, the serious statewide implications of Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's tax shift plan led to its demise. Thanks to your help and our advocacy, the state senators saw that the legislature normalizing the use of the home rule petition to work around the public process of a tax override would have set a bad precedent for all municipalities in Massachusetts. While refusing to trim her bloated budget, the faulty calculations used by Mayor Wu to justify this tax hike on the already troubled commercial sector, as well as Boston residents, further sealed its fate.

This is a big win for SPOA and those who believe in fiscal sanity. We would like to thank the following elected officials who resisted political pressure to vote against this dangerous bill in their respective chambers.

Massachusetts Senate

Sen. Nick Collins (D)
Sen. William Brownsberger (D)
Sen. Susan Moran (D)
Sen. Peter Durant (R)

Massachusetts House

Rep. Dave DeCoste (R)

Boston City Council

Councilor Ed Flynn (D)

Also, we have included an updated menu of media appearances where SPOA continued its advocacy against this bill in different news outlets. You can read more below:

https://www.bostonherald.com/2024/12/09/joint-revenue-committee-chair-speaks-out-on-boston-mayors-tax-shift-bill-ahead-of-third-senate-appearance/

https://www.masslive.com/news/2024/12/state-senator-blocks-boston-tax-shift-vote-for-third-time-monday.html?outputType=amp

https://www.statehousenews.com/news/federal_local/localnews/new-valuations-shift-calculus-on-boston-tax-bill/article_6b2f88c0-b345-11ef-9780-eb7b57caa170.html

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/02/metro/wu-property-tax-plan-home-rule-senate-postpone/

https://www.bostonherald.com/2024/11/25/after-delay-boston-mayor-wus-tax-shift-plan-clears-the-house-advances-to-senate/

https://www.dotnews.com/2024/house-approves-boston-tax-bill-sends-senate

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/boston-property-tax-bill/3560999/

https://www.union-bulletin.com/news/national/after-delay-boston-mayor-michelle-wu-s-tax-shift-plan-clears-the-house-advances-to/article_449a5047-badd-5bfd-9973-473a0d6795b5.html

https://whdh.com/news/house-vote-sends-boston-tax-bill-to-senate/

https://www.wgbh.org/news/politics/2024-11-20/deja-vu-as-mayor-wu-seeks-authority-to-temporarily-tax-commercial-properties-more

https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/wu-commercial-tax-increase-opposed-by-small-property-owners-association/H43XLW3BB5FLRAIKEWKQYCEK4E/

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/mayor-wus-boston-tax-plan-blocked-by-republican-lawmaker/3558882/