[MassHistPres] Opposition to Senate Budget Amendment GOV 119

[Marcia Starkey]

This message offers hope, but is it logical that the Commonwealth would
abandon its tools for cultural resource protection and then not go down that
road to environmental resource protection for wetlands, farmland, recreation
land etc. etc.?  This state has been a national leader in the retention of
cultural history and historic resources for centuries.    

 

Marcia Starkey, Greenfield

 

From: masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu
[mailto:masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu] On Behalf Of Max Page
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 10:11 PM
To: 'Dennis De Witt'; 'MHC MHC listserve'
Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] Opposition to Senate Budget Amendment GOV 119

 

If we are able to get rid of it from the Senate version and it was never in
the House version (I don't believe it was), then it is effectively dead.

 

If it remains in the Senate budget, then we'll have to go to work on the
conference committee and ask that it be left out of the final budget.

 

If it makes it into the final budget, then we appeal to the Governor to veto
it.

 

Max

 

Max Page

Professor of Architecture and History

Director of Historic Preservation Initiatives

University of Massachusetts

151 Presidents Drive

Amherst, MA  01003

 <mailto:mpage at art.umass.edu> mpage at art.umass.edu

413-545-6940

 <http://thecitysend.com/?page_id=2> Writings, CV, etc.

 

UMass President Lederle, 1963:  "It would be my hope that the University of
Massachusetts does not become associated in people's minds, in the future,
with a large outstanding football stadium.  Naturally we want an adequate
facility of modest score to serve our football needs.  I hope that the
University's name will always be associated instead with academic
excellence."

 

 

From: masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu
[mailto:masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu] On Behalf Of Dennis De Witt
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 3:37 PM
To: MHC MHC listserve
Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] Opposition to Senate Budget Amendment GOV 119

 

Just to clarify, it is not a bill.

 

It is an amendment to the State senate version of the budget, filed as GOV
119.  The amendments are presently being debated en mass in the Senate.  Now
would be the time to contact your state senator.

 

If it gets into the Senate version then, I think, it goes to conference
committee where your senator or rep is not likely to be a direct
participant. 

 

Dennis De Witt

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