There was a lot of political banter during the recent election season about the fact that the  tax rate did not go up. My guess is that a lot of voters were stymied by this. They may have assumed that the tax rate WILL not go up. The truth is that we have to wait […]
Dear Mayor Manzi, I have been following the School Committee “race” in the papers. The following two articles from the Lawrence Eagle Tribune are what I reference; Methuen school committee winner to give up seat to losing incumbent Attorney to determine whether School Committee member can give seat to ‘buddy’ **And the story continues: now […]
I have a neighbor that “burns” cardboard to dispose of it. Another resident around the corner was discussing trash pickup with me and stated that the city doesn’t pick up cardboard. Seems these are two persons who misunderstand the City ban on cardboard. Maybe there are others, thus this column. The City, by State mandate, […]
The list is my recommendations for Charter Commission members. I generated this list by speaking to all these individuals at various times over the past few months. They appear to be 9 persons without to much political baggage and who are sincere at looking at our charter. I avoided the NAME candidates. They don’t need […]