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Public Safety/Crime
1.) Should repeat violent offenders be subject to mandatory life sentences for such crimes as arson, rape, murder or home invasion?
Immigration
2.) Federal laws prohibit a person who enters and lives in the U.S. illegally from receiving federal social services resources. Should that person be eligible for state subsidies including fuel assistance, in-state tuition or public housing?
Education
3.) The state's largest cities receive nearly one-third of all school funding yet educate just 12 percent of all students. Should state resources be re-allocated to other suburban and rural school districts more evenly?
Property Taxes
4.) Should local property tax increases be capped at 3 percent per year?
State Taxes
5.) Would you support raising the state income tax in the event of a state budget deficit?
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Subprime Loan Defaults
6.) Should the state be offering a $50 million program to enable low and moderate income borrowers who took out sub-prime mortgages and are in danger of defaulting to refinance them into 30-year low-interest fixed rate loans?
Pension Protection
7.) Should retirees' pension and Social Security benefits be exempted from the state income tax?
| For items 8 through 10 below, please enter a 'Yes' to the project you think should be Bristol's top priority in 2008. Please enter a 'No' to the two projects you believe are less urgent. |
8.) Renovations, Upgrades to Bristol Parks and Recreational Areas
9.) Bristol Downtown Revitalization Project
10.) Flood Control Measures
Please list any other issues of concern to you below:
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