Ballot check; In Bay State contests, voters say `no' to change.COLUMN: IN OUR OPINION While Massachusetts residents voted by a strong margin for change in the White House, they cast an even more emphatic vote for the status quo [Latin, The existing state of things at any given date.] Status quo ante bellum means the state of things before the war. The status quo to be preserved by a preliminary injunction is the last actual, peaceable, uncontested status which preceded the pending controversy. at the Statehouse state·house also state house n. A building in which a state legislature holds sessions; a state capitol. statehouse Noun NZ a rented house built by the government Noun 1. - showing little evidence of the general dissatisfaction they express with the conduct and misconduct of state government. Incumbency in·cum·ben·cy n. pl. in·cum·ben·cies 1. The quality or condition of being incumbent. 2. Something incumbent; an obligation. 3. a. The holding of an office or ecclesiastical benefice. and the state's Democratic leanings carried the day. Thus, Democrat Rep. James B. Eldridge, a legislative "incumbent" of sorts, prevailed in the Middlesex & Worcester Senate District, and Democrat Michael O. Moore prevailed in the 2nd Worcester Senate District. All incumbent state representatives facing opposition in Central Massachusetts - Robert L. Rice, Anne Rice, Anne (b. Howard Allen O'Brien) (Anne Rampling, A. N. Roquelaure, pen names) (1941– ) writer; born in New Orleans. Named after her father, she legally changed her name (c. 1947). M. Gobi, Geraldo Alicea, Paul J. Kujawski, Robert P. Spellane, John P. Fresolo and Paul K. Frost - were re-elected. Democrat Carolyn C. Dykema won an open seat formerly in Republican hands, and wins by Democrats Danielle W. Gregoire, Jennifer E. Benson and Dennis A. Rosa all kept open House seats in Democratic hands. In short, the next Legislature will look like the current one-party body, only more so. Several of Tuesday's state election results warrant comment: Voters rejected a call to eliminate the income tax by a 70-30 margin, up from 55-45 in 2002. With the national economy in turmoil, voters properly concluded that wreaking havoc on state and local budgets was too high a price to pay to send a message to legislative tax-and-spenders. In the 2nd Worcester Senate District, Michael O. Moore successfully overcame voters' concerns that he might be too closely linked to Sheriff Guy Glodis' political machine. The 13th Worcester District re-elected Rep. Robert P. Spellane, despite his financial and mortgage problems, but the show of support was tepid tep·id adj. 1. Moderately warm; lukewarm. 2. Lacking in emotional warmth or enthusiasm; halfhearted: "the tepid conservatism of the fifties" Irving Howe. at best. More than 37 percent favored John J. Mahoney, who launched a sticker challenge just days before the election. Among the ballot oddities The Oddities were a professional wrestling stable in the WWF. History The Jackyl formed the group in 1998 and called them "The Parade of Human Oddities." The group consisted of "freakish" wrestlers, including the masked Golga (formerly Earthquake, whose mask had Tuesday was voters' endorsement of Question 2, which will decriminalize de·crim·i·nal·ize tr.v. de·crim·i·nal·ized, de·crim·i·nal·iz·ing, de·crim·i·nal·iz·es To reduce or abolish criminal penalties for: decriminalize the use of marijuana. possession of small amounts of marijuana - this in a state that seems to be well on its way to criminalizing tobacco use and banning soda pop in schools. |
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