Medway & Millis August 2022

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Doughty Best Choice for Governor
Our state is facing some serious
problems including high cost
of living exacerbated by inflation,
an ailing MBTA system, rising
crime rates, businesses leaving
the state, and declining schools.
We need a governor who will put
aside politics and put people first.
That person is fiscally conservative
outsider Chris Doughty.
He is not a professional politician.
Chris has spent a lifetime
creating jobs, not worrying
about the next election. He is the
only job creator in the race. For
more than three decades he has
worked to build businesses that
provide good jobs, while juggling
being a hands-on dad for his six
children and serving in the community.
Doughty has overseen the expansion
of Capstan Industries
from its initial startup of a few
dozen employees to become, at
its peak, a large multinational
manufacturer. As a business
owner and job creator, he dealt
with all kinds of challenges —
from low-cost international imports
to government regulation.
He has worked hard to make his
company a place people were
proud to work.
Doughty graduated from
Brigham Young University with
a B.S. in economics and received
an MBA from Harvard Business
School. He is well qualified to
be our Governor.
But, what will Doughty
do for you? As he likes to say,
“You will have more dough with
Doughty.”
Doughty was the first candidate
to call for the suspension
of the gas tax to help ease the
pain at the pump. His plan is
to suspend the gas tax until the
price of gas drops below $3.70
per gallon.
“The state has the funds, so
there is no reason that the State
House cannot help the hard
working taxpayers by immediately
suspending the gas tax. As
the next Governor, we will be
proactive in responding to crises,”
said Doughty.
Doughty wants to end the
Commonwealth’s reputation of
being “Taxachusetts” and reduce
taxes more than Bill Weld
did as Governor. This will make
our state more competitive for
attracting new businesses so that
we can grow jobs and wages.
Like you, Doughty opposes
licenses for illegal immigrants.
But, he knows that the true
problem is that Massachusetts
is a magnet state. As our next
Governor, he will strengthen
verification of applications for
public assistance so only the
truly needy and legal residents
receive benefits.
As an experienced job creator,
Doughty has a small business
bill of rights plan to support
those who create the majority of
new jobs in our state.
“As a business owner, I have
worked hard to always comply
with new regulations, but it has
not been easy. Creating jobs
and meeting a payroll is not for
the faint of heart. State government
should be advocates and
partners with our local businesses
so the Commonwealth
can create more jobs and raise
wages. We do that by encouraging
entrepreneurship and small
businesses that are the backbone
of our economy,” said Doughty.
As a father and grandfather,
Chris Doughty knows that education
is the heart of our Commonwealth
and that we need
to provide the best educational
opportunities for the next generation.
Our state is a national
leader in education at all levels
but it is often uneven in its availability.
Doughty will work to ensure
parents can access the very
best education for their children.
The equation is simple: high expectations,
a strong curriculum,
excellent teachers, and empowered
parents.
We can count on Chris
Doughty to make Massachusetts
affordable again. To see more
details on his small business bill
of rights and other issues visit
ChrisforMA.com. Chris would
be honored to have your vote in
the GOP Primary on September
6th.
This article is Paid for by Committee to
Elect Chris Doughty
National park tourism in Mass. creates nearly $1.143
billion in economic benefit
New report shows visitor spending
supports 8,897 jobs in Mass
PHILADELPHIA – A new
National Park Service (NPS)
report shows that 6,694,799
visitors to national parks in
Massachusetts spent $721 million
in the state in 2021. That
spending resulted in 8,897 jobs
and had a cumulative benefit
to the state economy of about
$1.143 billion.
The national park sites
which are entirely or partially
within Massachusetts include:
Adams National Historical
Park; Appalachian National
Scenic Trail; Blackstone River
Valley National Historical Park;
Boston National Historical
Park; Boston African American
National Historic Site; Boston
Harbor Islands National
Recreation Area; Cape Cod
National Seashore; Frederick
Law Olmsted National Historic
Site; John Fitzgerald Kennedy
National Historic Site;
Longfellow House-Washington’s
Headquarters National
Historic Site; Lowell National
Historical Park; Minute Man
National Historical Park; New
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Bedford Whaling National
Historical Park; New England
National Scenic Trail; Salem
Maritime National Historic
Site; Saugus Iron Works National
Historic Site; Springfield
Armory National Historic Site,
and; Washington-Rochambeau
Revolutionary Route National
Historic Trail.
Economists at the National
Park Service and the U.S. Geological
Survey conducted the
peer-reviewed visitor spending
analysis. The report shows that
nationwide, $20.5 billion of
direct spending by more than
297 million park visitors in
communities within 60 miles of
a national park. This spending
supported 322,600 jobs nationally;
269,900 of those jobs are
in these gateway communities.
The cumulative benefit to the
U.S. economy was $42.5 billion.
As for the economics of visitor
spending, the lodging sector
had the highest direct effects,
with $7 billion in economic
output nationally. The restaurants
sector was had the second
greatest effects, with $4.2 billion
in economic output nationally.
Report authors also produced
an interactive tool to
explore visitor spending, jobs,
labor income, value added,
and output effects by sector
for national, state, and local
economies. Users can also
view year-by-year trend data.
The interactive tool and report
are available at the NPS
Social Science Program webpage:
https://www.nps.gov/
subjects/socialscience/vse.htm.
To learn more about national
parks in Massachusetts
and how the National Park Service
works with Massachusetts
communities to help preserve
local history, conserve the environment
and provide outdoor
recreation, go to www.nps.gov/
state/ma/index.htm.