Lawrence Mayor Michael Sullivan, responding to earlier comments made by me with regard to a weight loss competition between us, has now insulted my fondness for one of America’s finest snack foods, the Twinkie. In some impertinent comments at the Valley Patriot website Sullivan said:

“Not only do I accept the challenge to beat Billy Manzi in Latitude’s Biggest Loser Competition, and on his home turf in Methuen, I might add” Sullivan huffed in his office this afternoon, “but I want to up the ante. He has to face me in a bench pressing competition. Let’s talk about ‘who’s chicken.’ Look, Manzi could lose 25 pounds in a week if he just stopped eating a box of Twinkies ever day. Let’s make this a competition that matters,” Sullivan charged. “This isn’t just about weight loss, it’s about fitness and being healthy and staying healthy. I’m sure the guys at Latitude’s would agree with me on that.”

In light of Sullivan’s ability to lift three hundred pounds of dead weight with his head alone I do not believe that weightlifting would be a fair competition. I feel compelled to object strongly to my wife Beth’s involvement in this matter, as I believe she leaked the information on my twinkie consumption to Mayor Sullivan. Well lets have at it! See you at Latitudes. For more information on this event go to www.tommyduggan.com