Vote Yes! Northampton Campaign Has Begun

NEAT has joined the Vote Yes! Northampton Campaign.

For the next few months NEAT has joined the Vote Yes! Northampton Campaign to get the Proposition 2 1/2 Override enacted. All communications will be happening through their e-mail list and on their website. Many of the links on the this page will now direct you to the Vote Yes! Northampton website, since that will be the only site we will be updating over the next few months.

Join Our Campaign. Save Northampton Schools.

We must pass an override!

Northampton faces an unprecedented budget shortfall. The nationwide economic downturn has led to a steep loss in revenues right here at home. A city budget already stretched thin is now facing the threat of extraordinary cuts to every public service we depend upon. While some cuts will have to be made, relying on cuts alone to close this budget gap would seriously harm our schools and the city we love. That is why we are calling for all citizens to support a budget override.

See our factsheet to learn more about the city budget, the override, and the reasons why it is needed. Also, get up to date on the news of the campaign here.

What You Can Do.

There are many things that you can do to help. For this to succeed, we need your help.

Contact Your City Councilor or School Committee Member

The approval for the override has not occurred yet. We need our Mayor and our City Council behind it. Call the Mayor and your City Councilor and let them know there is strong community support for an override. Call your School Committee Member, let them know you do not want them to close a school. Get them to commit to preserving our schools and supporting the override. Contact information here.

Show up at the Meetings. Make Your Voice Heard.

Please attend City Council and Other Local Meetings. Join our list (see below) to find our when meetings are happening.

Get on Our E-mail List

We will let you know how the campaign is developing, what you can do to help, and to keep you up to date on what is happening in the campaign. To join our list, go here.

Volunteer

We will need people to phone call, door knock, hold signs, and many more tasks. Please help in anyway you can. Contact us at neatonline@gmail.com.

Persuade

Talk to your neighbors, your friends, your family. Let them know how important it is for our schools and our community to support the override.

Contribute

While most of this campaign will be done through volunteers like you, we still have lawn signs, direct mail, and other costs. If you can contribute financially, please contact us and let us know.

Vote!

We need your vote. It will determine whether our schools and other critical city services get the support they need. And we know too well the importance of every single vote: Northampton's last override campaign in 2004 lost by only 7 votes! We can't let that happen again. Let's get out the vote!