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For more information on advocacy issues, click on any of the following articles and letters, arranged with the most recent on top.

• Open Enrollment for Prescription Advantage Plan
• Senate Overrides Governor’s COA veto (July 18, 2003)
• House and Senate Overrides as of July 17, 2003
• House Overrides Governor’s Vetoes of Elder Programs 07/17/2003
• DON'T MAKE HOME CARE AN AUTUMN AGENDA - 7/15/03
• HOUSE RESTORES PURCHASED SERVICES LINE ITEM 7/10/03
• July 10 - House has not yet taken up Home Care overrides
• Governor Romney’s Vetoes Will Hurt Elders
• June 30, 2003 Elder Services’ Response to State Budget Cuts
• June 30, 2003 Governor’s Budget Cuts to Elder Programs
• Letter sent to Berkshire County Legislative Team, dated June 5, 2003
• Statement given to senator Nuciforo, May 14
• Statement of Elder Services of Berkshire County, May 1, 2003
• Letter signed by 194 Berkshire elders and hand-delivered to legislators May 1
• From the Director: An Alternative to the Governor’s Plan, Berkshire Senior May 2003
• A Call to Action for Elders, Berkshire Senior May 2003
• Cut of Prescription Advantage is Short-sighted, Advocate Weekly April 30 
• Budget Cuts and Councils on Aging, Berkshire Senior, May 2003
• Don’t Downgrade Elder Affairs (EOEA), signed by four former EOEA Secretaries, April 22.
• Statement to the Joint Ways and Means Committee
• June 26, 2003 Status of FY 2004 State Budget