Stanley’s efforts to save tobacco deal pay off  (Newburyport Daily News, June 2000)

Newburyport Daily News, June 2000

Stanley’s efforts to save tobacco deal pay off

When Harriett Stanley learned legislative leaders could decide to go back on an agreement outlining how to spend the state’s tobacco settlement money, she knew she would have to be patient and persistent to rescue the deal. The West Newbury Democrat helped craft the agreement last year and promised anti-tobacco activists at the time that the state would live up to the deal’s terms. In the end, she was able to keep her word. To Top