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March 5 - 12, 1998

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Show me the money
Eight years ago the state promised a $1.3 billion tax hike would be temporary. Fulfilling that promise now would wreck the budget. Care to guess where your tax dollars went?
Bad Breaks by Dan Kennedy

The decline of the People's Republic

Cambridge politics used to be about rent control, radicals, and rabble-rousing. But the city is changing, activism is fading, and the old fires are burning out.
by Jason Gay

Next stop: oblivion

An underachiever's guide to Cambridge
by Elizabeth Manus


c o l u m n s


Editorial by the Phoenix

Zippergate
Strangely, the scandal has developed an instructive edge

Cityscape by Sarah McNaught

Dorchester derailed
Public transportation is supposed to be for everyone. But if you are a disabled resident of Dorchester, taking the T is not an option. Plus, the elevator police.

Ask Dr. Lovemonkey


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