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:	post by HTR at 2008-11-03 15:58:03

Hold True Recordings offers a last minute endorsement for Yes on MA Questions 1 & 2

"Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost." - John Quincy Adams

We here at Hold True Recordings, despite being heavily involved in the following of constitutional and political issues in our personal lives, don't often like to associate them with the label if for no other reason than just polite social courtesy to our supporters. We know people will disagree with some of our views, and may find disagreement even within this writing as well, but we respect and acknowledge everyones rights to such opinions and disagreements.

However, given the profound importance of this election cycle on both local and national levels, and how effective of a vessel HTR can be for reaching out to people who may not otherwise have the opportunity to hear and digest what is to follow in this statement, we have little choice and must speak out on 2 critical issues:

First - We support a YES vote on Massachusetts Question 1. A yes vote on question 1 will benefit over 3 million Massachusetts citizens by ENDING the income tax in Massachusetts and allowing the average citizen to retain around $3,700 of their hard earned money!! It will cut the MA State budget, by about 27% not the 40% that the special interest groups and teachers unions (who line their pockets with YOUR tax dollars via high and wasteful government spending) claim with their fear mongering and mathematically incompetent advertising. A yes vote will also help shrink the 41% wasteful spending that the Massachusetts government has been found guilty of in an April 2008 Fabrizio, McLaughlin & Associates survey, and should not require any additional taxation to continue proper funding when wasteful spending is curtailed with a yes vote on 1. Furthermore, voting yes on question 1 will NOT shrink income to Schools and local services like Police, Fire and EMS because the money that funds these organizations are appropriated locally by the towns and school districts they service. State government funding of these agencies is how the government CONTROLS which practices and policies they implement, often have negative effects on communities which do not fit the 'Big City' model such policies often are drafted for (think of the No Child Left Behind Act on the Federal level for an example).

For more information on why you should vote yes on 1 please visit: http://www.smallgovernmentact.org/

Second - We support a YES vote on Massachusetts Question 2. Decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana will ease the burden on our prison system and law enforcement, by making possession charges a civil offense, rather than a criminal offense. In the process, this will lessen the burden of tax payers who then have to foot the bill for such 'drug offenders' in the prison system, by keeping them from getting there in the first place!! It will also generate revenue for the state by way of fines and fees for those found to be in possession of small amounts of marijuana. All drug trafficking and driving under the influence of marijuana laws will remain unchanged.

*Disclaimer: Hold True Recordings dose not endorse or promote the use of marijuana or any other mind altering substance or drug.

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