Each year I listen to the budget hearings. I find myself getting angry every time someone says the state requires us to do this or that. We are spending more and more money on things that we did not vote for. I guess I have hit my limit because this year I started looking at the bills on www.mass.gov . I found something, House bill 2297. This bill will stop new unfunded mandates. It won’t solve the whole problem but it is a place to start. Go to the website www.stopunfundedmandatesinma.com you will find a copy of the bill, the committee it is in, and the members contact info. Please take some time to call or email them to let them know you want this bill to pass or not depending on how you feel about it. It is your money, it is your choice.

Elizabeth McPherson

Spencer