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Massachusetts is "the only state estimated to have lost population between 2003 and 2004,"<ref>http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/10/23/a_state_of_decline/</ref> and its decline has continued to the point of causing a collapse in its housing market and earning it the nickname "Crashachusetts".<ref>http://www.bostonbubble.com/</ref>
Massachusetts is "the only state estimated to have lost population between 2003 and 2004,"<ref>http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/10/23/a_state_of_decline/</ref> and its decline has continued to the point of causing a collapse in its housing market and earning it the nickname "Crashachusetts".<ref>http://www.bostonbubble.com/</ref>
==The Mayor of Gloucester, Carolyn Kirk==
Mayor Kirk held a press conference explaining the 17 pregnancies by students, up 400% over last year. She blames the Unfunded Mandate- No Child Left Behind, the Glamorizing of teen pregnancy and budget cuts over the last seven years.<ref>[http://www.nowpublic.com/world/gloucester-mayor-blames-bush-17-pregnant-teens], http://www.nowpublic.com/world/gloucester-mayor-blames-bush-17-pregnant-teens , Gloucester Mayor Blames Bush for 17 Pregnant Teens, June 23, 2008</ref> Bush is to blame and citizens lack of taxes. No mention of the children's parents, the school's student daycare center or the policy to hand out pregnancy tests without parents consent.
The Mayor, who also sits on the school committee, said she was not comfortable having Gloucester High School Principal Joseph Sullivan at the press conference. <ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/06/23/national/main4201301.shtml], http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/06/23/national/main4201301.shtml , CBS Mayor: No Evidence Of Teen Pregnancy Pact, June 23, 2008</ref> Mayor Kirk is comfortable having him continue as school Principle. Mr. Sullivan had announced the pact when questioned by the media.
Gloucester resident Annette Dion, a 45-year-old private music teacher, said school and city officials should have done more to find out whether the girls truly made a pact to become pregnant. She said denying such a pact existed is "pretty naive."
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