{"id":8981,"date":"2024-06-10T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/?p=8981"},"modified":"2024-06-10T10:49:05","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T14:49:05","slug":"realtors-try-to-halt-transfer-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/2024\/06\/10\/realtors-try-to-halt-transfer-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"Realtors try to halt Transfer Tax"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Eli, Steve and James discuss the real estate industry&#8217;s attempts to stop the Massachusetts legislature from letting cities and towns adopt a real estate transfer tax, Houston dropping ShotSpotter, Oral-B removing Alexa from four year old toothbrushes, the top EU court invalidating privacy when copyright monopolists want it and a shoutout to our fellow Pirates competing in the European Parliamentary elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us at the Boxborough Fifers Day on Saturday, June 15th. <a href=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/crew\/civicrm\/event\/info?reset=1&amp;id=88\">Sign up to help us table<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to help us with our tech projects? <a href=\"https:\/\/communitybridge.com\/bbb-room\/mass-pirates-member-meeting\/\">Join our Democracy meetup<\/a> on Saturday, June 29th at noon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bbsQV1cB3Ms?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/crew\/civicrm\/profile\/create?gid=16&amp;reset=1\">Sign up to our newsletter to get notified of new events<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/crew\/forms\/support-the-pirate-party\">volunteer<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/social.globalpirates.net\/@masspirates\">Join us on<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/social.globalpirates.net\/@masspirates\">Mastodon<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/masspirates\">Facebook<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/masspirates.bsky.social\">Blue Sky<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/masspirates\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Links we discussed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2024\/06\/07\/business\/housing-transfer-tax-sales-massachusetts\/\">A tax on high-dollar home sales had a clear path on Beacon Hill. 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