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SUMMARY:Legislative Home Town Forum
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a panel discussion with\n\nSenator Jason Lewis\,\n\nSenator Brendan Crighton and\n\nSenator Michael Rodrigues\, Chair of the Senate Retail Task Force.\n\n\nThis is your chance to share your thoughts and concerns with your Legislative leaders on Beacon Hill. We strongly encourage you to participate!\n\n____________________________________________________\n\n\n	Massachusetts small businesses potentially face:\n	Proposed ballot initiative to lower Massachusetts sales tax from 6.5% to 5%\n	Creation of a permanent sales tax holiday\n	$15 minimum wage \n	Discriminatory application of the sales tax for local merchants vs. untaxed online sellers\n	A newly imposed MassHealth assessment\n	Double-digit health care premium increases\n	Highest in the nation energy costs \n\n\n_____________________________________________________\n \n\nThis unique opportunity is brought to you by the Wakefield Lynnfield Chamber\n\nand hosted by The Savings Bank. \n\nSpeak directly to important members of the Massachusetts Senate \n\nabout the issues that impact your business on a daily basis.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<div style="text-align: center\;"><strong><span style="color:#000080\;"><span style="font-size:12px\;"><span style="text-transform: none\; text-indent: 0px\; letter-spacing: normal\; font-family: Helvetica\,Arial\,sans-serif\; font-style: normal\; font-weight: 400\; word-spacing: 0px\; display: inline !important\; white-space: normal\; orphans: 2\; widows: 2\; float: none\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">Join us for a panel discussion with<br />\nSenator Jason Lewis\,<br />\nSenator Brendan Crighton and<br />\nSenator Michael Rodrigues\, Chair of the Senate Retail Task Force.</span></span></span></strong></div>\n<br style="color: rgb(75\, 79\, 86)\; font-family: Helvetica\, Arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; font-style: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; font-weight: 400\; letter-spacing: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-align: start\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; white-space: normal\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\;" />\n<span style="color:#000080\;"><span style="font-size:12px\;"><span style="text-transform: none\; text-indent: 0px\; letter-spacing: normal\; font-family: Helvetica\,Arial\,sans-serif\; font-style: normal\; font-weight: 400\; word-spacing: 0px\; display: inline !important\; white-space: normal\; orphans: 2\; widows: 2\; float: none\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">This is your chance to share your thoughts and concerns with your Legislative leaders on Beacon Hill. We strongly encourage you to participate!</span></span></span>\n\n<div style="text-align: center\;"><span style="color:#000080\;"><span style="font-size:12px\;"><span style="text-transform: none\; text-indent: 0px\; letter-spacing: normal\; font-family: Helvetica\,Arial\,sans-serif\; font-style: normal\; font-weight: 400\; word-spacing: 0px\; white-space: normal\; orphans: 2\; widows: 2\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">__________________________</span><wbr style="color: rgb(75\, 79\, 86)\; font-family: Helvetica\, Arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; font-style: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; font-weight: 400\; letter-spacing: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-align: start\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; white-space: normal\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\;" /><span style="text-transform: none\; text-indent: 0px\; letter-spacing: normal\; font-family: Helvetica\,Arial\,sans-serif\; font-style: normal\; font-weight: 400\; word-spacing: 0px\; display: inline !important\; white-space: normal\; orphans: 2\; widows: 2\; float: none\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">__________________________</span></span></span></div>\n\n<ul>\n	<li><span style="color:#000080\;"><span style="font-size:12px\;"><span style="text-transform: none\; text-indent: 0px\; letter-spacing: normal\; font-family: Helvetica\,Arial\,sans-serif\; font-style: normal\; font-weight: 400\; word-spacing: 0px\; display: inline !important\; white-space: normal\; orphans: 2\; widows: 2\; float: none\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">Massachusetts small businesses potentially face:</span></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="color:#000080\;"><span style="font-size:12px\;"><span style="text-transform: none\; text-indent: 0px\; letter-spacing: normal\; font-family: Helvetica\,Arial\,sans-serif\; font-style: normal\; font-weight: 400\; word-spacing: 0px\; display: inline !important\; white-space: normal\; orphans: 2\; widows: 2\; float: none\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">Proposed ballot initiative to lower Massachusetts sales tax from 6.5% to 5%</span></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="color:#000080\;"><span style="font-size:12px\;"><span style="text-transform: none\; text-indent: 0px\; letter-spacing: normal\; font-family: Helvetica\,Arial\,sans-serif\; font-style: normal\; font-weight: 400\; word-spacing: 0px\; display: inline !important\; white-space: normal\; orphans: 2\; widows: 2\; float: none\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">Creation of a permanent sales tax holiday</span></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="color:#000080\;"><span style="font-size:12px\;"><span style="text-transform: none\; text-indent: 0px\; letter-spacing: normal\; font-family: Helvetica\,Arial\,sans-serif\; font-style: normal\; font-weight: 400\; word-spacing: 0px\; display: inline !important\; white-space: normal\; orphans: 2\; widows: 2\; float: none\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">$15 minimum wage&nbsp\;</span></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="color:#000080\;"><span style="font-size:12px\;"><span style="text-transform: none\; text-indent: 0px\; letter-spacing: normal\; font-family: Helvetica\,Arial\,sans-serif\; font-style: normal\; font-weight: 400\; word-spacing: 0px\; display: inline !important\; white-space: normal\; orphans: 2\; widows: 2\; float: none\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">Discriminatory application of the sales tax for local merchants vs. untaxed online sellers</span></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="color:#000080\;"><span style="font-size:12px\;"><span style="text-transform: none\; text-indent: 0px\; letter-spacing: normal\; font-family: Helvetica\,Arial\,sans-serif\; font-style: normal\; font-weight: 400\; word-spacing: 0px\; display: inline !important\; white-space: normal\; orphans: 2\; widows: 2\; float: none\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">A newly imposed MassHealth assessment</span></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="color:#000080\;"><span style="font-size:12px\;"><span style="text-transform: none\; text-indent: 0px\; letter-spacing: normal\; font-family: Helvetica\,Arial\,sans-serif\; font-style: normal\; font-weight: 400\; word-spacing: 0px\; display: inline !important\; white-space: normal\; orphans: 2\; widows: 2\; float: none\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">Double-digit health care premium increases</span></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="color:#000080\;"><span style="font-size:12px\;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="text-transform: none\; text-indent: 0px\; letter-spacing: normal\; font-family: Helvetica\,Arial\,sans-serif\; font-style: normal\; font-weight: 400\; word-spacing: 0px\; display: inline\; white-space: normal\; orphans: 2\; widows: 2\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">Highest in the nation energy costs&nbsp\;</span></span></span></li>\n</ul>\n\n<div style="text-align: center\;"><span style="color:#000080\;"><span style="font-size:12px\;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="text-transform: none\; text-indent: 0px\; letter-spacing: normal\; font-family: Helvetica\,Arial\,sans-serif\; font-style: normal\; font-weight: 400\; word-spacing: 0px\; display: inline\; white-space: normal\; orphans: 2\; widows: 2\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;"><span style="font-family: inherit\;">__________________________</span><wbr /><span style="font-family: inherit\;">__________________________</span><wbr />_</span></span></span></div>\n&nbsp\;\n\n<div style="text-align: center\;"><span style="color:#000080\;"><span style="font-size:12px\;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="text-transform: none\; text-indent: 0px\; letter-spacing: normal\; font-family: Helvetica\,Arial\,sans-serif\; font-style: normal\; font-weight: 400\; word-spacing: 0px\; display: inline\; white-space: normal\; orphans: 2\; widows: 2\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">This unique opportunity is brought to you by the Wakefield Lynnfield Chamber<br />\nand hosted by The Savings Bank.&nbsp\;<br />\nSpeak directly to important members of the Massachusetts Senate&nbsp\;<br />\nabout the issues that impact your business on a daily basis.</span></span></span></div>\n
LOCATION:The Savings Bank 357 Main Street Wakefield\, MA 01880 Please use the door to the right of the main door.
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