OMG! >> “being fiscally responsible doesn't necessarily mean lowering taxes.”

We are $103 Billion in DEBT, we have a BLOATED state payroll of politician's relatives, we have taxed and regulated every business that COULD leave - to the point that they DEPARTED, and we have a steady parade of elected Democrats going to JAIL.

Recently Mz Dykema herself violated campaign finance laws, - and has yet to say 'I'm sorry, it was my responsibility'.

She has the most atrocious and liberal voting record – always voting the way Speaker DeLeo tells her to – regardless of what's in the best interest of the folks where she lives.

WHERE were those 'Citizen Petitions' demanding unionized daycare?

WHERE are those 'Citizen Petitions' demanding we pour more money into the MBTA, rather than sell it to a private investor?

SOMEBODY ask Mz Dykema: "By what % are you willing to DOWNSIZE state government over the next 10 years?" Then ask her what departments she would cut or eliminate.... Watch for the blank stare.

Carolyn is a friend of positive, responsive, and responsible government.

Tea Party Marty and his brigade of carping commenters want to have their cake and eat it, too. They just want to be sure that services other people need, services that make our society and our economy better for all (including the carpers) get cut.

In this race, only Carolyn is willing to make the tough calls. Lamb just plays on resentments. See the comment above!

Carolyn Dykema ALWAYS votes for increased taxes - sales, alcohol, income. She loves taxes!

Navigator Four is simply wrong. The income tax rate has gone from 5.3% to 5.25%. The corporate tax rate has gone down, and Carolyn voted for that.

You simply cannot believe what Lamb's partisans say about Rep. Dykema.

Our Patch Editor, Sean O'Donnell asked me to post this major release at the announcements page, which I have done. Link is below.

It sets the record straight on Rep. Dykema's support for higher taxes and multiple votes for higher taxes.

The facts on her voting record are listed with the Roll Call numbers from the State House voting record.

http://holliston-hopkinton.patch.com/announcements/lamb-sets-record-straight-on-dykema-supporting-higher-taxes

Hey, Des, good to see you finally comment under your own name.

If readers follow the link, they'll see Marty Lamb use a whole lotta words to say that Carolyn voted for the sales tax increase. What you won't see anywhere from him is acknowledgement that many of his prolific pseudonymous commenters are bringing falsehoods and little more. You'll never see him correct Navigator Four, for example.

Yes, she did. Here's what we got for the increase:
- More local aid to keep our schools the best in the nation.
- No to the massive Masspike toll increase that would have left us paying the entire bill for the Big Dig, instead of the whole state paying its fair share.
- An increased credit rating of AA+ due to good fiscal management.

The voters saw this in 2010 when they voted down a repeal question and re-elected Carolyn Dykema.

Ms. Awiszio, that information should come with a medical warning on it!

A certain Dykema-bot may choke on his words!

But then again, some people consider themselves the 'intellectual elite' – and see themselves as destined to govern us 'little people'. So of course they LOVE taxes... They LIVE off them.

Jul Palladino
2:54 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012

This is quite an accounting of Ms Dykema's votes for higher taxes, and as the list says in the end, there's MORE !

Hard core proof of why Citizens For Limited Taxation endorsed Marty Lamb for State Representative. Voting for Marty Lamb is the right choice ! He'll defend the taxpayer. He has the plan for economic revival. He's the only one with a plan.

The facts are on record for the Dykema votes for higher taxes countless times, and Ms. Dykema can't run and hide from this, although she and her commenters are trying very hard.

This is nothing more than CYA. Does she admit to voting for the sales tax hike? No. This is completely dishonest.

Also, I don't see where she admits to voting for the double taxation on alcohol or her vote against repealing it.

Shameful misrepresentation.

If I were Marty Lamb, I would sit back and rest until election day. He doesn't have to work hard anymore getting out the awful truth about Dykema. All of his campaign material and news releases cover her abysmal voting record. There's nothing else we need to know. For me, the election is over. She can have Ms. Roney and her other cronies try to spin things their way...you can't spin facts. Bye-bye Dykema.

The voters have already sided with Carolyn Dykema on the sales tax. It was unfortunate but necessary, and the majority was adult enough to know that.

Where exactly is anyone trying to hide from this?

We got value for our money:
- Sustained state aid to local education, where Mass. is number one in the nation.
- A better credit rating, AA+, because we're managing our money responsibly, not charging it all to our credit card.
- Fair, broad-based tax revenue so that our district didn't get socked for the whole Big Dig debt with massive toll increases.

Rep. Dykema has an MBA and a record of success in private business. She can read a balance sheet. Marty, not so much.

Pension reform? haha. She voted against capping state pensions at $100,000.

Fiscally responsibile ? She voted against auditting legislative accounts. Even Suzanne Bump wants to do that.

More misleading statements from Ms. Dykema

Voted for the sales tax holiday. Oops she forgot to mention she voted against making it a permanent weekend and that she voted against a meals tax holiday.

She voted to bailout Lawrence with $30 million.

Dykema is one of the most fiscally irresponsible politicians to ever hold office in a state full of them. This is fact , not opinion.

Dykema is the most fiscally irresponsible politician we have in a state full of them - fact not opinion. Wake up voters! Stop handing over your wallet to these corrupt politicians and think for yourself.

Nothing but ugly attacks from the Lamb partisans.

Carolyn Dykema represents us well, she's our friend and neighbor, and she builds bridges to every part of the community. Well, there are these carpers, but many of them live far away and know nothing about our home communities.

Marty Lamb is our friend and neighbor. He has also served on the Holliston Elementary School Council as well as the Campaign for Holliston Schools. He is a sponsor at the Annual Brewfest which helps the local community in need. He volunteers his time in the community and is well liked and respected. Everybody knows Marty as a decent honest man of integrity who works hard and has a successful business in town. Many people go to him, because they trust him.

Mr. Roney is the one doing all the name calling and spewing all the constant negativity. My kids behave better.

It's amazing that "Gina" can participate in a coordinated smear campaign, yet my defenses against that campaign are the problem.

Carolyn Dykema gives and gives and gives. We all know that and see that.