Act by Noon today to urge your State Representative to cosponsor House Budget amendments for libraries and the MCC!
Act by NOON today to restore funding for the libraries and the Mass Cultural Council!
Please contact your state representative and request that he or she be a cosponsor of:
- The Atkins amendment to increase the funding for the Massachusetts Cultural Council to $17 million – budget line item 0640-0300:
List of Representatives (by last name and not in alphabetic order) who have signed on as co-sponsors as of 4/14/16: DiZoglio, Ultrino, Vincent, Coppinger, Mahoney, Smizik, Walsh, Madaro, Vega, Dykema, Schmid, Peake, Tosado, Scibak, Hill, Day, Whelan, Cutler, Muratore, Linsky, Gentile, Hecht, Howitt, Provost, Vieira, Frank Moran, Fiola, Dwyer, Chan, Pignatelli, Hay, Keefe, Balser, Puppolo, Ferrante, Gordon, Lawn, Arciero, Collins, Cantwell, Cabral, Rushing, Sanchez, Madden, Sannicandro, McMurtry, Toomey, D’Emilia, Decker, Donahue, Gifford, Randy Hunt, Dan Hunt, Khan, Barber, Malia, Garballey, Gonzalez, Cariddi, Brodeur.
UPDATE: Reps. Stanley, Cullinane, Dave Rogers, Benson, Dwyer, Parisella, Kafka, Mannal, Roy, Ehrlich, Galvin, Mom, Poirier, Livingstone, Garry, Kocot, Rosa, Fox, Honan and Tucker have now signed on as of 2:30pm! If your representative is not on this list, please call him/her now!
- The library amendments of Representatives Keefe, Rushing, Hogan and Brodeur, listed below:
7000-9101 – Board of Library Commissioners: $1,225,000 request filed by Representative Keefe
000-9401 – State Aid to Regional Libraries: $10,940,475 request filed by Assistant Majority Leader Representative Rushing
7000-9501 – State Aid to Public Libraries, 9501: $1,000,000 request filed by Representative Hogan
7000-9506 – Technology & Resource Sharing: $1,000,000 request filed by Representative Brodeur
7000-9508 – Massachusetts Center for the Book: Restoration of the line item, $250,000 request filed by Representative Hogan
1120-4005 – State Library of Massachusetts, 4005: $38,075 request filed by Representative Hogan
Library Sales Tax Exemption – Sales Tax Exemption: no funding requested filed by Representative Hogan
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