Boston Globe 4/16/2009: Suburban Coalition seeks Legislature’s help with laws with local budgeting. As the Legislature starts drafting and debating next year’s budget, a group of local officials is taking a different approach. Instead of asking for more money, the Suburban Coalition is asking for legislative help in cutting healthcare and special-education costs and give communities the option of raising local hotel and meal taxes. The Suburban Coalition, formed 25 years ago to serve as the voice of elected officials from towns across the state, hosted a State House breakfast Tuesday to deliver a direct appeal to lawmakers. “By coming together as a group, it makes a bigger impression than hearing from just Wayland,” said Lee Anderson, a former Wayland School Committee member.