Despite the clever phrasing, it's not a luxury automobile tax aimed at the wealthiest 1 percent. The Cadillac brand has long been associated with affluence. In the 1950s and 1960s, owning a Cadillac signaled that a person had climbed to the top of the American socio-economic ladder. Following the fuel shortages and recession of the 1970s, the same Cadillac suggested excessive gas guzzling and unseemly conspicuous consumption.
BOSTON – Senator Anthony Petruccelli, an East Boston Democrat and a key member of Senate leadership, plans to resign his seat to join a Beacon Hill lobbying outfit.
"After almost 17 years in the Legislature and over 20 years in public service, my family and I felt like it was the right time to move in a different direction for me professionally and for our lives as a family," Petruccelli told the News Service on Friday. He said it is "sad to give up something I love" but "exciting to move into the private sector."
