Why More People Than Usual May Be Watching State of the State Address Tonight
Where and when to watch or listen to the Massachusetts governor's annual address tonight.
Gov. Deval Patrick announces massive cuts in state spending.
Patrick Maguire
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I would suspect that the governor's annual State of the State address is not, usually, a TV ratings champ.
But tonight's speech, which starts at 7:30 p.m., may attract more viewers and listeners than usual.
Why?
Since it happens on the heels of Gov. Deval Patrick saying he wants to raise $1 billion by hiking the Massachusetts income tax.
So you may want to watch tonight.
When: 7:30 p.m.
Where:
CBS
ABC
NBC
NECN
Streamed live on boston.com
Streamed live on http://www.malegislature.gov/
If you know of other websites, TV stations or radio stations carrying the State of the State live, please add them to the comment section below.
kdroop
10:22 pm on Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Here's the concern I have with additional taxes on education money. Will Sudbury be positively effected by that? We can't resort to passing overrides, so does additional state funding come back to our 'wealthier' community? The number one priority is educating our children, no question. But. How will Sudbury factor in to this? Will we be on the loosing end of state funding as we were with Education Reform? Is this another Ed. Reform addendum? How can we as a community ensure our children are still given a quality education? Do we begin to pass overrides as we had to with Ed. Reform, as we lost money from unfunded mandates? Lot's of debate necessary. Many questions will be raised.
siobhan hullinger
6:16 am on Thursday, January 17, 2013
Additional revenues will go towards the infrastructure such as the roads and bridges and the rail system first. The T alone has over a billion dollar shortfall. The first question as it relates to your post is: Where is the list and order of priorities? And what also should be asked: Where are the cuts in spending?
kdroop
10:22 pm on Wednesday, January 16, 2013
*not 'on' education money..'for' education money. Woops!
Liz
7:31 am on Thursday, January 17, 2013
No--the education money will go to failing schools. It always does. It doesn't matter how obvious it is that more money isn't the solution.
Frosty the Snowman
12:00 am on Thursday, January 17, 2013
Cadillac Patrick citizens of the Commonwealth are not dumb, if I'm driving 75 MPH on the pike and you reach into my pocket via a high speed Fast Lane for a toll, I know you are taking my money.
Liz
7:30 am on Thursday, January 17, 2013
Why don't we start by reducing spending. $1 billion for the Mass Life Sciences Initiative. That can go--and that's even the industry I work in. Rather than raising taxes and making Mass even less competitive for businesses and losing more people.