{"id":3654,"date":"2004-09-24T06:32:40","date_gmt":"2004-09-24T06:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/wp\/?p=3654"},"modified":"2004-09-24T06:32:40","modified_gmt":"2004-09-24T06:32:40","slug":"kids-not-welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cobranchi.com\/?p=3654","title":{"rendered":"KIDS NOT WELCOME?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It sure sounds like that’s what this Democratic candidate<\/a> for MA’s legislature said:<\/p>\n

A tax credit for seniors based on local education spending is another idea Sannicandro said he would like to bring to Beacon Hill. He models it after a law passed in New York state.<\/p>\n

“(In New York) if you are 65, you get an automatic tax credit,” he said. “Beyond that, it is based on income.<\/p>\n

“It allows seniors to stay in their homes, and it also helps school districts because it prevents massive (housing) turnover that result in families with kids moving in.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, those families with kids (especially those large<\/i> Catholic families in Boston) are a real PITA. I know. He probably didn’t mean it the way it reads.<\/p>\n

Personally, though, I’d vote for the Libertarian candidate:<\/p>\n

“Republicans talk about smaller government and lower taxes but they don’t deliver,” Doherty said.<\/p>\n

…Doherty, a Framingham South High School graduate, is a trained engineer, but also works as a personal trainer and a fire-arms instructor.<\/p>\n

If he makes it to Beacon Hill, Doherty said one of his first moves would be to propose ending the state income tax.<\/p>\n

“I would propose it and work for it,” he said. “Realistically, I would try to hammer away at government waste.”<\/p>\n

Some of his other proposals differ greatly from what Democrats and Republicans have been pushing, including his ideas on schools and guns.<\/p>\n

“I would like to privatize schools,” Doherty said. “They would charge tuition, just like a college. You pay for the services you use.”<\/p>\n

Parents could choose to home school their children, Doherty said, and people could donate to groups that set up scholarships for children whose families cannot afford tuition.<\/p>\n

The state gun laws, Doherty said, should be relaxed so more people can use their Second Amendment rights.<\/p>\n

“They talk about the right to bare arms, but in Massachusetts it’s a right you have to beg for,” Doherty said. “After you have gone through the background check, pay the fee and the training, the local police chief can deny the license.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It sure sounds like that’s what this Democratic candidate for MA’s legislature said: A tax credit for seniors based on local education spending is another idea Sannicandro said he would like to bring to Beacon Hill. He models it after a law passed in New York state. “(In New York) if you are 65, you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3654"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3654\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}