Paul Avella '08

State Representative
Second Middlesex District

Articles - May 2008

  • "A high litany of woes - from high taxes to high cost housing - is driving many residents to flee Massachusetts"
  • "Between 2004 and 2006, the state saw a net loss of 120,000 residents between the ages of 16 and 65."
    • 39% had college degrees
    • 22% had masters or higher
  • In 2006 alone, "533,882 workers left Massachusetts"
  • "We have a terrible reputation as not being business friendly," Paul S. Grogan, Boston Foundation
  • Many were disaffected by "the deep blue hue of the state's politics."
    • 88% of the House is Democrat
    • 87.5% of the Senate is Democrat
    • Every state-wide office is held by a Democrat
    • All 10 US House seats are Democrats, as are both US Senators
  • Q1: Who is driving Massachusetts residents to flee our Commonwealth?
  • Q2: Who is causing jobs to disappear from our state?
  • Q3: Who do you hold accountable for this morass?
  • Answer to all three questions: Those on Beacon Hill in the entrenched party
  • Massachusetts cannot survive the carnage much longer. We need a change. Our state needs leadership. Paul Avella is that leader. Vote for Paul. He has a vision to retain, grow and attract jobs for our Commonwealth. He has the foresight and courage to call for a complete overhaul of the state's tax system. Paul has the guts to identify what needs to be done and the fortitude to carry it out. Vote for Paul Avella.
    Boston Globe
    May 18, 2008
    Massachusetts is losing many of its native sons and daughters to other states and is having a harder time attracting transplants than the vast majority of the country.
    Littleton Independent
    May 5, 2008
    Littleton - Paul Avella, received the endorsement of the Republican Town Committee of Littleton by unanimous vote at the meeting held April 30, 2008.
    Chelmsford Independent
    May 1, 2008
    Littleton - The Committee to Elect Paul Avella announces that the necessary nomination papers have been filed with the Secretary of State's office.