Help send $450 million back to our cities and towns! All across our Commonwealth, cities and towns -- like our residents --are struggling to make ends meet. We are all experiencing skyrocketing fuel and health care costs that seem to have no limit. This comes as our local economy is faltering. Last fall, our state legislators were faced with an opportunity to provide us with significant relief through two proposals to send $450 million back to our cities and towns. The first came in the form of a onetime, unrestricted local aid payment; the second would have provided much needed property tax relief. Both were struck down in purely partisan votes, leaving Massachusetts residents to continue their battle with no help from the Legislature. To add insult to injury, this money had been meant for us from the beginning. In late 2001, the legislature decided to divert a portion of the state lottery money to the “rainy day” stabilization fund to make up for the anticipated drag on the economy as a result of the September 11th attacks. For three years, this money accumulated in the rainy day fund to the tune of $450 million dollars. Since that time, municipality after municipality across the state has been forced to choose between voting in property tax overrides or cutting government services, like police, fire, school nurses and teachers. As residents and taxpayers, we can sit back and do nothing, or we can do something. Together, we’ve decided to take action to send a message to the legislature through non-binding referenda across the state. Help us tell the legislators who control the “Rainy Day Fund” that it’s raining now. Send our money back! Please join us! Click here to see how much money YOUR town would’ve received…