“Governor Deval Patrick declined to say yesterday whether he would implement a tax rollback if the voters mandate it in November, pitting him against all three of his campaign rivals, who say they would abide by the referendum. During a morning radio appearance, Patrick answered a question by saying he wanted to persuade the electorate to oppose the referendum. ‘I think we work real hard to try to show them how calamitous a choice that would be,’ Patrick said in response to a question from Jim Braude, WTKK-FM 96.9 host, about whether he would implement a reduction in the sales tax to 3 percent.” (09/02/10)