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Boston, MA 02108

(617) 367-8998 phone
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Status of Community Implementation

 

To date, 143 communities have adopted the CPA - 40 percent of all the communities in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The following is a list of all CPA ballot elections that have been held, both successful and unsuccessful, along with a list of communities that will be voting on the CPA. This list is continuously updated and all information has been verified with municipal officials. Please contact the Coalition with any questions or corrections at 617-367-8998.

Upcoming CPA Votes
Successful CPA Votes
Unsuccessful CPA Votes
Map of all CPA Communities


Upcoming CPA Votes

Community
Proposed Surcharge Exemptions
Vote Date
Belmont
1.5 percent
Low income, first $100,000
11/2/10
Gosnold
1.5 percent
Low income, first $100,000
11/2/10
Marlborough
2 percent
Low income, first $100,000
11/2/10
Middleborough
1 percent
Low income, first $100,000
11/2/10
Sunderland
3 percent
Low income, first $100,000
11/2/10

Successful CPA Votes

Community Election Results Surcharge Exemptions
Vote Date
Acton Passed election 4656 yes, 3813 no (55% yes) 1.5 percent Low income, first $100,000
11/5/02
Acushnet Passed election 1170 yes, 594 no (66% yes) 1.5 percent First $100,000

4/7/03

 

Agawam Passed election 2,851 yes, 1,836 no (61% yes) 1 percent Low income
11/6/01
Amherst Passed election 2276 yes, 979 no (70% yes) 1 percent Low income, first $100,000
4/3/01
Amherst Passed surcharge increase election  3,798 yes, 2,874 no (57% yes)

1.5 percent (new surcharge)

Low income, first $100,000
11/7/06
Aquinnah Passed election 99 yes, 62 no (61% yes) 3 percent First $100,000
5/9/01
Ashland Passed election 1405 yes, 1357 no (51% yes) 3 percent First $100,000
5/7/02
Ayer Passed election 467 yes, 402 no (54% yes) 3 percent Low income 4/23/01
Ayer Passed surcharge reduction election  1,192 yes, 915 no (57% yes) 1 percent (new surcharge)

 

Low income

11/5/02
Barnstable Passed election 17558 yes 4923 no (78% yes) 3 percent None
11/2/04
Becket Passed election,120 yes, 60 no (67% yes) 1.5 percent Low income, first $100,000
5/17/08
Bedford Passed election 809 yes, 483 no (63% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
3/10/01
Belchertown Passed election 792 yes, 635 no (55% yes) 1.5 percent Low income, first $100,000
5/16/05
Bourne Passed election 1377 yes, 270 no (84% yes) 3 percent None
4/6/05
Boxford Passed election 633 yes, 497 no (56% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
5/15/01
Braintree Passed election 3571 yes, 2353 no (60% yes) 1 percent Low income, first $100,000
4/2/02
Brewster Passed election 1451 yes, 315 no (82% yes) 3 percent None
5/17/05
Bridgewater Passed election 1550 yes, 939 no (62% yes) 2 percent Low income, first $100,000
4/23/05
Cambridge Passed election 12,016 yes, 4,861 no (71% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
11/6/01
Carlisle Passed election 477 yes, 412 no (54% yes) 2 percent Low income, first $100,000
5/22/01
Carver Passed election 1211 yes, 754 no (58% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
4/22/06
Chatham Passed election 828 yes, 800 no (51% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
5/16/02
Chelmsford Passed election 1437 yes, 929 no (61% yes) 0.5 percent First $100,000 4/3/01
Chelmsford Passed surcharge increase election  1,854 yes, 1,592 no (54% yes) 1.5 percent (new surcharge) First $100,000
4/3/07
Chilmark Passed election 220 yes, 129 no (63% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
4/25/01
Cohasset Passed election 998 yes, 756 no (57% yes) 1.5 percent Low income, first $100,000
4/7/01
Concord 5335 yes 3721 no (59% yes) 1.5 percent Low income, first $100,000
11/2/04
Conway Passed election 120 yes, 105 no (53% yes) 1.5 percent
Low income
4/15/04
Dartmouth Passed election 1741 yes, 1021 no (63% yes) 1.5 percent First $100,000
4/1/02
Deerfield Passed election 661 yes, 614 no (52% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000

 

5/7/07

Dennis Passed election 2248 yes, 280 no (89% yes) 3 percent None
5/10/05
Dighton Passed election 583 yes, 475 no (55% yes) 1 percent Low income, first $100,000
4/10/10
Dracut Passed election 1754 yes, 1283 no (58% yes) 2 percent
Low income
5/7/01
Dunstable Passed election 445 yes, 179 no (71% yes) 3 percent

Low income

 

5/15/06

Duxbury Passed election 1930 yes, 886 no (69% yes) 3 percent Low income
3/24/01
Eastham Passed election 531 yes, 67 no (89% yes) 3 percent None
5/17/05
Easthampton Passed election 1,329 yes, 1,157 no (53%) 3 percent First $100,000
11/6/01
East Longmeadow Passed election 864 yes, 508 no (63% yes) 1 percent Low income, first $100,000
4/11/06
Easton Passed election 2009 yes, 1885 no (52% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
4/24/01
Edgartown Passed election 385 yes, 250 no (52% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
4/14/05
Essex Passed election 219 yes, 188 no (54% yes)
0.5 percent
Low income, first $100,000
5/14/07
Fairhaven Passed election 1295 yes, 940 no (58% yes) 2 percent Low income, first $100,000
4/4/05
Falmouth Passed election 6114 yes, 1049 no (85% yes) 3 percent None
5/17/05
Georgetown Passed election 1102 yes, 1063 no (51% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
5/14/01
Gloucester Passed election 8270 yes, 6094 no (58% yes) 1 percent Low income, first $100,000
11/4/08
Goshen Passed election 92 yes, 80 no (53% yes) 3 percent Low income
5/5/07
Granville Passed election 96 yes, 45 no (68% yes) 1.5 percent First $100,000
4/14/08
Grafton Passed election 1566 yes, 937 no (63% yes) 1.5 percent Low income, first $100,000
5/6/02
Groton 2864 yes 2553 no (53% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
11/2/04
Groveland Passed election 1238 yes, 712 no (63% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
5/3/04
Hadley 1744 yes 977 no (64% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
11/2/04
Hamilton 1173 yes, 901 no (57% yes) 2 percent Low income, first $100,000
5/12/05
Hampden Passed election 606 yes, 455 no (57% yes) 1 percent First $100,000
5/7/01
Hanover 3636 yes 3158 no (54% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
11/2/04
Hanson Passed election, 492 yes, 260 no (65% yes) 1.5 percent Low income, first $100,000
5/17/08
Harvard Passed election 1116 yes, 429 no (72% yes) 1.1 percent None
4/3/01
Harwich Passed election 3795 yes, 833 no (82% yes) 3 percent None
5/17/05
Hatfield Passed election 923 yes, 652 no (59% yes to 41% no) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
11/7/06
Hingham Passed election 1688 yes, 1164 no (59% yes) 1.5 percent Low income, first $100,000
4/28/01
Holliston Passed election 588 yes, 267 no (69% yes) 1.5 percent Low income, first $100,000
5/22/01
Hopkinton Passed election 1122 yes, 712 no (61% yes) 2 percent Low income, first $100,000
5/21/01
Hubbardston Passed election 980 yes, 865 no (53% yes) 1.5 percent Low income, first $100,000
11/7/06
Hudson Passed election 1,042 yes, 386 no (73% yes)
1 percent
None
5/14/07
Kingston Passed election 1109 yes 530 no (68% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
4/23/05
Lenox Passed election 1,108 yes,  1,099 no (50% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
11/7/06
Leverett Passed election 154 yes, 68 no (69% yes). 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
4/28/02

Lexington

Passed election 4242 yes, 2494 no (58% yes) 3 percent

Low income, first $100,000

3/6/2006
Lincoln Passed election 1677 yes, 1035 no (62% yes) 1.5 percent Low income, first $100,000
11/5/02
Lincoln Passed surcharge increase election (64% yes) 3 percent (new surcharge) Low income, first $100,000
3/29/04
Littleton Passed election 1,151 yes, 620 no (65% yes)
1 percent
All three
5/12/07
Longmeadow Passed election 1,338 yes, 688 no (66% yes) 1 percent Low income, first $100,000
6/6/06
Manchester Passed election 583 yes, 431 no (57% yes) 0.5 percent None
5/17/05
Manchester Passed election 662 yes, 463 no (59% yes) 1.5 percent (new surcharge) Low income, first $100,000
5/18/10
Mattapoisett Passed
1,653 yes, 1,430 no (54% yes)
1 percent First $100,000
11/7/06
Marion Passed election 899 yes, 371 no, (71% yes) 2 percent Low income, first $100,000
5/31/05
Marshfield Passed election 1404 yes, 1002 no (58% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
4/28/01
Mashpee Passed election 1481 yes, 208 no (88% yes) 3 percent None
5/7/05
Maynard Passed election 833 yes, 433 no (66% yes) 1.5 percent All three
5/1/06
Medway Passed election 701 yes, 615 no (53% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
5/7/01
Mendon Passed election 1101 yes, 781 no (59% yes). 3 percent First $100,000
11/5/02
Middleton Passed election 2602 yes 957 no (73% yes) 1 percent First $100,000
11/2/04
Millis Passed election 1,839 yes, 1,407 no (57% yes) 1 percent Low income
11/7/06
Monson Passed election 1,479 yes, 1,284 no (54% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
11/7/06
Nahant Passed election 374 yes, 270 no (58% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
4/24/04
Nantucket Passed election 1534 yes, 936 no (62% yes) 3 percent All three
4/3/01
Needham Passed election 8863 yes 6575 no (57% yes) 2 percent Low income, first $100,000
11/2/04
Newburyport Passed election 3827 yes, 3705 no (51% yes) 2 percent Low income, first $100,000
11/5/02
Newton Passed election 6,225 yes, 6,013 no (51% yes) 1 percent None
11/6/01
Norfolk Passed election 853 yes, 666 no (56% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
5/1/01
Northampton Passed election 4,574 yes, 4,398 no (51% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
11/8/05
North Andover Passed election 2152 yes, 1693 no (56% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
3/20/01
Northborough Passed election 4448 yes 2761 no (62% yes) 1.5 percent Low income, first $100,000
11/2/04
Northfield Passed election 818 yes, 792 no (51% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
11/4/08
Northfield Passed surcharge reduction election 524 yes, 345 no (60% yes) 0.5 percent (new surcharge) Low income, first $100,000
5/5/09
Norwell Passed election 997 yes, 571 no (63% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
3/16/02
Oak Bluffs Passed election 581 yes, 493 no, (54% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
4/14/05
Orleans Passed election 1352 yes, 102 no (93% yes)
3 percent
None
5/17/05
Peabody Passed election 7,936 yes, 7,389 no (52% yes) 1 percent Low income, first $100,000
11/6/01
Pembroke Passed election 3,730 yes, 2,824 no (57% yes) 1 percent Low income, first $100,000
11/7/06
Phillipston Passed election 170 yes, 94 no (64% yes)
3 percent
Low income, first $100,000
5/7/07
Plymouth Passed election 6892 yes, 4597 no (60% yes) 1.5 percent None
5/11/02
Plympton Passed election, 343 yes, 170 no (67% yes) 1.5 percent Low income, first $100,000
5/17/08
Provincetown Passed election 636 yes, 456 no (58% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
5/4/04
Quincy Passed election 14,491 yes, 11,125 no (57% yes) 1 percent Low income, first $100,000
11/7/06
Randolph Passed election 2212 yes, 2176 no (50.4% yes) 2 percent Low income, first $100,000
4/5/05
Rehoboth Passed election 1756 yes, 1140 no (61% yes) 1 percent Low income
4/6/09
Rockport Passed election 1057 yes, 961 no (52% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000 4/16/02
Rowley Passed election 482 yes, 359 no (57% yes) 3 percent Low income
5/8/01
Royalston Passed election 351 yes, 312 no (53% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
11/4/08
Sandwich Passed election 5320 yes, 1322 no (81% yes) 3 percent None
5/5/05
Scituate Passed election 3,090 yes, 2240 no (58% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
3/30/02
Seekonk Passed election 942 yes, 824 no (53% yes) 1.25 percent Low income, first $100,000
4/6/09
Sharon Passed election 4922 yes 3660 no (57% yes) 1 percent Low income, first $100,000
11/2/04
Shutesbury Passed election 863 yes, 284 no (75% yes) 1.5 percent Low income, first $100,000
11/4/08
Southampton Passed election 378 yes, 266 no (59% yes) 3 percent First $100,000
5/7/01
Southborough Passed election 1001 yes, 760 no (57% yes) 1 percent Low income, first $100,000
5/12/03
Southwick Passed election 1503 yes, 1392 no (52% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
11/5/02
Stockbridge Passed election 202 yes, 158 no (56% yes) 3 percent First $100,000 5/20/02
Stoughton Passed election 1,932 yes, 1,850 no (51% yes) 1.5 percent Low income, first $100,000
4/8/08
Stow Passed election 904 yes, 514 no (64% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
5/15/01
Sturbridge Passed election 590 yes, 519 no (53% yes) 3 percent First $100,000
4/9/01
Sudbury Passed election 2317 yes, 2222 no (51% yes) 3 percent All three
3/25/02
Swansea Passed election 4956 yes, 3026 no (62% yes) 1.5 percent Low income, first $100,000 11/4/08
Templeton Passed election 581 yes, 476 no (55% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
5/7/07
Tewksbury Passed election 1242 yes, 1118 no (53% yes) 1.5 percent Low income, first $100,000
4/1/06
Tisbury Passed election 503 yes, 319 no (61% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
4/19/05
Truro Passed election 241 yes, 50 no (83% yes) 3 percent None
5/10/05
Tyngsborough Passed election 1138 yes, 575 no (66% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
5/8/01
Upton Passed election 703 yes, 684 no (51% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
5/5/03
Waltham Passed election 3,099 yes, 3,095 no (50% yes) 2 percent Low income, first $100,000
11/8/05
Wareham Passed election 1144 yes, 393 no (75% yes) 3 percent First $100,000
4/2/02
Wayland Passed election 736 yes, 537 no (58% yes) 1.5 percent Low income, first $100,000 4/24/01
Wellesley Passed election 416 yes, 159 no (72% yes) 1 percent Low income, first $100,000
11/5/02
Wellfleet Passed election 7565 yes, 3448 no (69% yes) 3 percent None
5/2/05
Wenham Passed election 387 yes, 114 no (77% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
5/7/05
West Boylston Passed election 416 yes, 409 no (50% yes) 2 percent Low income, first $100,000
4/3/07
West Bridgewater Passed election 383 yes, 248 no (61% yes) 1 percent Low income, first $100,000
4/12/08
Westfield Passed election 5959 yes, 5913 no (50.2% yes) 1 percent First $100,000
11/5/02
Westford Passed election 2168 yes, 1184 no (65% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
5/1/01
West Newbury Passed election 720 yes, 546 no (57% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
5/1/06
Weston Passed election 925 yes, 480 no (66% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
5/5/01
Westport Passed election 2,462 yes, 1,309 no (65% yes) 2 percent None
3/11/02
West Springfield Passed election 6024 yes, 4909 no (55% yes) 1 percent Low income, commercial and industrial
11/4/08
West Tisbury Passed election 351 yes, 307 no, (53% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
3/14/05
Weymouth Passed election 3,411 yes, 3,317 no (51% yes) 1 percent Low income, first $100,000
11/8/05
Whately Passed election 570 yes, 378 no (60% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
11/4/08
Wilbraham 4396 yes 3110 no (59% yes) 1.5 percent Low income, first $100,000
11/2/04
Williamstown Passed election 868 yes, 716 no (55% yes) 2 percent First $100,000
5/14/02
Yarmouth Passed election 2332 yes, 579 no (80% yes) 3 percent None
5/2/05

Unsuccessful CPA Votes

Amherst Failed surcharge increase election 5122 yes, 5294 no (49% yes) 1.5 percent to 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
11/4/08
Andover Failed election 1,208 yes, 1,520 no (44% yes) 1 percent Low income, first $100,000
3/25/08
Ashby Failed election 250 yes, 416 no (38% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000 4/22/02
Ashfield

Failed election 94 yes, 219 no (30% yes)

2 percent Low income 5/5/01
Belchertown Failed election 613 yes, 906 no (40% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000 5/21/01
Berlin Failed election 296 yes, 314 no (49% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000 5/14/01
Beverly Failed election 3,908 yes, 5,826 no (40% yes) 3 percent All three 11/6/01
Bolton Failed election 212 yes, 294 no (42% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
5/14/07
Boston Failed election 31,336 yes, 41,216 no (43% yes) 2 percent Low income, first $100,000 11/6/01
Bridgewater Failed election 2555 yes, 2670 no (49% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000 4/27/02
Brimfield Failed election 193 yes, 271 no (42% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
6/2/08
Brookline Failed election
8,056 yes, 10,732 no (43% yes to 57% no)
3 percent Low income, first $100,000
11/7/06
Buckland Failed election 154 yes, 195 no (44% yes) 1 percent None 5/6/02
Canton Failed
3,757 yes, 4,217 no (47% yes to 53% no)
1 percent Low income, first $100,000
11/7/06
Chesterfield Failed election, 111 yes, 217 no (34% yes) 3 percent Low income
5/5/08
Dover Failed election 292 yes, 766 no (28% yes) 3 percent Low income 5/20/02
Essex

Failed election 167 yes, 223 no (43% yes) Also failed in 02

3 percent Low income, first $100,000 5/8/06
Framingham Failed election 1894 yes, 4418 no (30% yes) 3 percent First $100,000 4/3/01
Franklin Failed election 1,528 yes, 2,174 no (41% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
11/6/07
Gloucester Failed election 3,939 yes, 3,989 no (49% yes); also failed in 2001. 3 percent First $100,000 11/6/07
Great Barrington Failed election 581 yes, 751 no (44% yes) 3 percent First $100,000 5/13/02
Halifax Failed election 217 yes, 289 no (43% yes) 3 percent First $100,000 5/19/01
Hamilton Failed election 1527 yes, 1798 no (46% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000 11/05/02
Hardwick Failed election 210 yes, 247 no (46% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
4/13/09
Holden

Failed election 1044 yes, 2631 no (28% yes)

1.5 percent First $100,000
5/10/04
Hudson Failed election 301 yes, 387 no (44% yes) 3 percent All three 5/13/02
Hull Failed election 1,465 yes, 2,577 no (36% yes) Also failed in 5/01. 3 percent Low income, first $100,000 11/7/06
Kingston Failed election 529 yes, 652 no (45% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000 5/12/01
Lakeville Failed election 420 yes, 1,225 no (26% yes) 1 percent Low income, first $100,000
4/3/06
Lunenburg Failed election 875 yes, 1,439 no (38% yes) Also failed in 11/02. 3 percent Low income, first $100,000 5/19/07
Ludlow Failed election 529 yes, 1680 no (24% yes) 3 percent First $100,000 3/25/02
Lynnfield Failed election 373 yes, 1,628 no (19% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
4/13/09
Malden Failed election 3,129 yes, 5,531 no (36% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000 11/6/01
Manchester Failed  574 yes, 679 no (46% yes), Also failed in '02 2 percent Low income, first $100,000 5/12/03
Marblehead Failed election 4215 yes, 5186 no (45% yes) 1 percent Low income, first $100,000 11/05/02
Merrimac Failed election 477 yes, 493 no (49% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000 5/14/01
Methuen Failed election 2,381 yes, 6,029 no (28% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000 11/6/01
Middleboro Failed election 2799 yes, 3284 no (46% yes) 3 percent First $100,000 11/05/02
Natick Failed election 2046 yes, 3228 no (39% yes) 1 percent Low income, first $100,000
3/28/06
New Salem Failed election 87 yes, 111 no (44% yes) 2 percent Low income, first $100,000
5/1/06
North Attleborough Failed election 1689 yes, 3072 no (35% yes) 3 percent All three 4/1/02
Norton Failed election 599 yes, 1133 no (35% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000 4/29/02
Orleans Failed election 558 yes, 825 no (40% yes) 2 percent Low income, first $100,000 5/15/01
Palmer Failed election
1,144 yes, 2,688 no (30% yes)
3 percent First $100,000
11/7/06
Paxton Failed election
882 yes, 1005 no
(47% yes)
3 percent Low income, first $100,000
11/7/06
Pittsfield Failed election
5,284 yes, 7,292 no (42% yes)
1 percent Low income, first $100,000
11/7/06
Plainville Failed election 357 yes, 839 no (30% yes) 3 percent First $100,000 4/2/01
Plympton Failed election 315 yes, 331 no (49% yes) Also failed in '01 3 percent Low income
5/20/06
Raynham Failed election 445 yes, 659 no (40% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000 4/23/05
Reading Failed election 2931 yes, 3009 no (49.5% yes) 1 percent Low income, first $100,000 4/2/02
Rehoboth Failed  541 yes, 844 no (39% yes) Also failed in '01 2 percent None 4/1/02
Rochester Failed election
1,012 yes, 1,128 no (47% yes)
1 percent Low income, first $100,000
11/7/06
Saugus Failed election 2,943 yes, 3,670 no (45% yes) 1 percent None 11/6/01
Salem Failed election 2,594 yes, 2934 no (53% yes) 1 percent Low income, first $100,000
11/6/07
Seekonk Failed  election 774 yes, 829 no (48% yes) 1.25 percent Low income, first $100,000
4/7/08
Sharon Failed  2701 yes, 2936 no (48% yes) Also failed in '01 1 percent Low income, first $100,000 5/7/02
Sherborn Failed election 329 yes, 927 no (26% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000 5/14/02
Shirley Failed election 261 yes, 624 no (29% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000 5/15/01
South Hadley Failed election 1121 yes, 1257 no (47% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
4/7/08
Sterling Failed election 367 yes, 563 no (39% yes)  Also failed in '01 1.9 percent Low income 5/22/06
Stoughton Failed election
3,788 yes, 5,140 no (42% yes)
2 percent Low income, first $100,000
11/7/06
Sunderland Failed election 255   yes, 299 no (46% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
5/1/10

Sutton

Failed election 599 yes, 1,208 no (33% yes)

3 percent

 

Low income, first $100,000

5/23/06

 

Swampscott Failed election 1144 yes, 1604 no (42% yes) 2 percent Low income, first $100,000
4/25/06
Swansea Failed election 1405 yes, 3399 no (29% yes) 3 percent First $100,000 4/8/02
Topsfield Failed election 410 yes, 788 no (34% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000 5/5/05
Wakefield Failed election 1316 yes, 2446 no (35% yes) 1 percent First $100,000
4/23/02
Waltham Failed election 2,431 yes, 3,463 no (41% yes) 3 percent First $100,000
11/6/01
Watertown Failed election 2,469 yes, 3,583 no (41% yes) 2 percent Low income, first $100,000
11/8/05
West Tisbury Failed election 257 yes, 318 no (45% yes) 3 percent First $100,000 4/12/01
Westhampton Failed election 157 yes, 173 no (48% yes) 1 percent None 6/2/01
Westwood Failed election 1111 yes, 1492 no (43% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000 4/30/01
Whitman Failed election 927 yes, 1271 no (42% yes) 3 percent All three 5/18/02
Wilbraham Failed election, 581 yes, 1138 no (34% yes) 3 percent First $100,000 5/11/02
Winchester Failed election 1,093 yes, 1,350 no (45% yes) 1.5 percent Low income, first $100,000
3/27/07
Winthrop Failed election 1647 yes, 1967 no (46% yes) 3 percent All three 5/7/01
Woburn Failed election 3,414 yes, 6,738 no (34% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000 11/6/01
Worthington Failed election, 87 yes, 183 no (32% yes) 3 percent Low income, first $100,000
5/3/08
Wrentham Failed election 2,084 yes, 2,316 no (47% yes) Also failed in 4/06. 2 percent Low income, first $100,000
11/7/06