Eagle-Tribune
Our view: 'Rainy day' money should go to cities and towns
Massachusetts Democrats, who have overwhelming majorities in both the House and
Senate, are forever talking about how cities and towns need more local aid from
the state.
So now that they have a chance to provide it, why don't they? A proposal by the tiny Republican minority to use $450 million from the state's Rainy Day Fund for local aid is going nowhere, even though that fund is now at a robust $2.3 billion.
House Minority Leader Bradley H. Jones Jr. says that money was supposed to go to cities and towns in the first place - it was state Lottery money that was earmarked for local aid, but then diverted to the Rainy Day Fund during the last recession.
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