Help preserve local aid funding for YOUR community by writing a Letter to the Editor!

Your letter is most likely to be published if you:

  • Include your First and Last Name
  • Include your full Mailing Address and City or Town
  • Include a Phone Number and Email Address so the Editor can verify your letter
  • Use 200 words or less (some papers allow higher limits, but all may choose to edit your words, so the more concise the better!)
Here is a sample letter you can copy and edit:

Dear Editor:

If the Massachusetts sales tax is cut, we all stand to lose something in the process - good schools, strong police and fire protection, and safe roads to drive on every day. These are the things that the sales tax pays for, and without it, our communities will surely suffer.

Schools, public safety and emergency services are necessities that everyone in our state relies on, and these basic services have already faced drastic cuts. If the sales tax is repealed, our communities will lose $2.5 billion in annual revenue, equal to half of what the state gives to our schools every year.

We can't keep cutting billions of dollars from our local aid budgets without doing permanent damage to public education, our health care system and other vital parts of our community. I'm going to vote no on Question 3, because I care about the community that I live in, and I don't want to see it wither away.

Sincerely,
Jane Doe
123 Main Street
Framingham, MA 01701
(508) 555-1212
jane.doe@noreply.com

Emails and links for some daily newspaper Editors are below. If you need help finding the contact info for your local paper, just email info@votenoquestion3.com and we'll be happy to help!

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