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ISSUES
CHAPTER 70 REFORM
JOB CREATION, CAPE HIGH-TECH BUSINESS, ECONOMY
COMMUNITY POLICING/REVITALIZING MAIN STREET
EXIT 6 ½
ENVIRONMENT/ MTBE
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS/SENIORS
VETERANS
PUBLIC SAFETY

 ATSALIS ENDORSED BY THE CAPE COD TIMES
THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT ATSALIS WILL CONTINUE TO WORK HARD FOR THE DISTRICT. UNLIKE CANEDY, WHO, IF ELECTED, WOULD KEEP HER SEAT ON THE BARNSTABLE TOWN COUNCIL, ATSALIS WILL DEVOTE HIS FULL-TIME ENERGIES TO SERVING THE PEOPLE OF THE 2ND BARNSTABLE DISTRICT.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OVERRIDES VETOES FOR CAPE PROJECTS/ PROGRAMS:  $100,000 FOR PROPOSED CAPE COD
Read this press release for a list of projects/programs
HOUSE OVERRIDES GOVERNOR'S VETO OF K-12 EDUCATION "POTHOLE" FUND
Boston, MA-Representative Demetrius J. Atsalis announced today that the House of Representatives overrode, by a vote of 154 to 0, Governor Romney's veto of line item, K-12 Education Pothole Fund.
STATE REP. DEMETRIUS J. ATSALIS SECURES INCREASED FUNDING FOR THE NEW BARNSTABLE COUNTY JAIL
Rep. Demetrius J. Atsalis successfully amended the yearly spending bill to include $4.9 million for the new Barnstable County Jail.
REP. DEMETRIUS J. ATSALIS SECURES $150,000 IN TRANSPORTATION BOND BILL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND TRAFIC IMPACT STUDY FOR PROPOSED EXIT 6 1/2
The House of Representatives approved an amendment filed by Demetrius J. Atsalis that would fund $150,000 for an environmental and traffic impact study on the proposed Exit 6 1/2
EDUCATION COMMITTEE APPOINTS GROUP TO STUDY DETAILS OF REP. DEMETRIUS ATSALIS'S CHAPTER 70 FORMULA The Joint Committee on Education, Arts and Humanities today heard testimony on House Bill 4699, which was filed by State Rep. Demetrius Atsalis.
BOSTON GLOBE STORY ABOUT CHAPTER 70 FUNDING ON CAPE COD
HYANNIS -- Beacon Hill leaders are eyeing changes in the way Massachusetts finances schools, hoping to fix what they say is a flaw that forces residents to shoulder an unfair burden in places such as Cape Cod where skyrocketing home values make blue-collar towns appear wealthy.
 May 10, 2004:  Boston, MA- State Representative Marie St. Fleur (D-Boston), House Chairwoman of the Joint Committee on Education, Arts and Humanities, today announced several important elements of the House
 May 10, 2004:  State Rep. Demetrius J. Atsalis finished work in the House of Representatives last night on the House budget that was one of the tightest spending plans in the state’s history  April 28, 2004: State Rep. Demetrius Atsalis voted down an amendment to raise state income taxes from 5.35% to 5.95%.
 April 28, 2004: The Massachusetts House of Representatives will continue work on its Fiscal Year 2005 budget at 11 a.m. today with debate on early childhood education and higher education. Yesterday’s deliberations included the passage of five consolidated amendments relative to elder affairs, transportation, education, charter schools, and the judiciary.  April 26, 2004: The Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce announced that support for the second year of funding for a business “incubator” on Cape Cod was successfully placed in the House’s budget for fiscal year 2005 by Representative Demetrius Atsalis.
April 22, 2004:  The state House Committee on Ways and Means is recommending a near restoration of the budget for the Housing Consumer Education Centers, a statewide program that offers critical information and education to everyone in need of or providing housing in Massachusetts April 16, 2004: The House budget document was released this week with State Rep. Demetrius J. Atsalis securing a number of funding items for the 2nd Barnstable District.
 April 12, 2004:    LEGISLATURE'S PUBLIC SAFETY FIRE SAFETY SUBCOMMITTEE TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING AT BARNSTABLE TOWN HALL AUGUST 26 TO DISCUSS ISSUES SURROUNDING THE RECENT RHODE ISLAND NIGHTCLUB FIRE  April 7, 2004 (Cape Cod Times Editorial):    If traffic studies say a new exit into Barnstable will take pressure off Route 132 and Willow Street, we're for it.
 February 6, 2004   REP. ATSALIS APPOINTED TO MASSACHUSETTS LIFE SCIENCES COORDINATING GROUP  Feb. 06, 2004:   REP. ATSALIS APPOINTED CO-CHAIR OF BUDGET TASKFORCE FOR JOBS AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
 August 19, 2003:   LEGISLATURE’S PUBLIC SAFETY FIRE SAFETY SUBCOMMITTEE TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING AT BARNSTABLE TOWN HALL AUGUST 26 TO DISCUSS ISSUES SURROUNDING THE RECENT RHODE ISLAND NIGHTCLUB FIRE
 July 18, 2003   REP. DEMETRIUS J. ATSALIS SUCCESSFULLY LEADS FIGHT TO RESTORE $99,344 FOR CAPE COD COMMUNITY COLLEGE ENVIRONMENTAL TRAINING PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM ALONG WITH THREE CAPE COD ECOMOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES June 23, 2003 LEGISLATURE’S NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE ON THURSDAY JUNE 26 WILL HEAR REP. DEMETRIUS J. ATSALIS’S BILL TO ENSURE PROPER STATE OVERSIGHT OF OCEAN-BASED WINDMILLS
 May 21, 2003:    STATE SEN. THERESE MURRAY AND STATE REP. DEMETRIUS J. ATSALIS SECURE FUNDING IN STATE BUDGET FOR CAPE COD CHAMBER BUSINESS INCUBATOR INITIATIVE AND CAPE HIGH TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION/JOB DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS  May 8, 2003   STATE REP. DEMETRIUS J. ATSALIS SECURES FUNDING IN HOUSE BUDGET FOR HIGH TECH AND JOB DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY POLICING, HEALTH CARE AND VETERANS SERVICES
 April 3, 2003   STATE REP. DEMETRIUS J. ATSALIS TO SERVE AS DELEGATE TO THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATURES  March 31, 2003:   OPERATION SHOEBOX CAPE COD TO COLLECT ITEMS SATURDAY APRIL 5 AT HYANNIS MIDDLE SCHOOL TO SEND TO MILITARY TROOPS IN IRAQ