But Barrios said the charge that the CPA would increase taxes is ridiculous.
“In some Republican fantasy land, there’s always a tax increase, but not today, and not in Cambridge,” Barrios said.
Twelve other Mass. municipalities besides Cambridge also voted on the Community Preservation Act yesterday.
In Boston, voters rejected the act that Thomas M. Menino had endorsed.
The measure in Boston would have led to a 2 percent property tax increase. A number of business interests sponsored advertisements to oppose the act.
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Another fifteen communities are planning similar Community Preservation Act ballot initiatives in the spring.