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Speaker 1: Mayor Michelle Wu has been trying to get a Beacon

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Speaker 1: Hill hearing for months. State Representative Rob Gonsalvo says that

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Speaker 1: this isn't happening because the bill hasn't been admitted to

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Speaker 1: the Senate, which he says is unprecedented.

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Speaker 2: And it's been eight months. That's eight months our taxpayers

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Speaker 2: have been in limbo. It's time just to let this

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Speaker 2: bill be admitted. It's time to let it have a

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Speaker 2: thoughtful and respectful debate.

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Speaker 1: Boston single family homeowners are up against a double digit

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Speaker 1: tax hike for the second straight year. A spokesperson for

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Speaker 1: Senate President Karen Spilga's office tells us that the Senate

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Speaker 1: President will discuss this bill with her members, as she

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Speaker 1: does with all pieces of legislation. Recconsalvo says that they

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Speaker 1: don't have to take it up in the Senate, they

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Speaker 1: just have to let them hold a hearing.

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Speaker 2: And at a time where debate is being stifled on

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Speaker 2: the national level and so many places, let's let this

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Speaker 2: have it to stay in court.

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Speaker 1: Amanda Keen WBZ, Boston's news radio