Monthly Archives: July 2011

The "Big Budget Deal" Collapses

Later today President Obama will meet with Congressional leaders to take another run at getting Congress to raise the debt ceiling before August 2. While there appears to have been some movement towards what has been described as a “large … Continue reading

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Methuen's Mayoral Debate Part 1

Here are the first two “portions” of the Methuen Mayoral Debate, with Steve Zanni, Ken Willette, and Al Dinuccio. Fact checking to come in a future post. Enjoy! http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F18730503 Mayoral Debate Question 1 by Bill Manzi http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F18756109 Mayoral Debate More … Continue reading

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Methuen Municipal Candidates List Updated

The list of municipal candidates, refreshed from my last posting. Mayor Al Dinuccio- Ken Willette- Steve Zanni Councilor at Large (Elect Three) Jennifer Kannan*- Michael Condon- Joyce Campagnone*- Dorothy Kalil West District Councilor (Elect Two) James Hajjar* -Sean Fountain -Jeanne … Continue reading

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Governor Patrick in Salisbury

Governor Deval Patrick kicked off his “listening tour” of the Commonwealth in Salisbury, talking with residents on the Town Common. The Governor talked about some of his second term priorities, including jobs, health care cost containment, closing the educational achievement … Continue reading

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Huntsman, Pawlenty Trail Everyone (Except Gingrich)

A new WMUR survey of the Republican Presidential field shows that Jon Huntsman has joined Tim Pawlenty at the very bottom of the presidential pile in New Hampshire. While Pawlenty and Huntsman have each chosen to concentrate on different early … Continue reading

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Fun With Mitt and Tim and Jon

The Democrats are having some fun at Mitt Romney’s expense, putting out a video highlighting his inconsistency of word relative to the responsibility of President Obama for an economy that is “worse” than what he inherited. Or not. Mitt, who … Continue reading

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Methuen's Local Election

Methuen’s local election season is upon us, and interested candidates have started the process of gathering signatures on their nomination papers. Here is the list, as of the end of last week, of those who have taken out nomination papers … Continue reading

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The End of Sanity

As we approach the point where we will be putting the full faith and credit of the United States at risk by not raising the debt ceiling we had Washington engaged in more gun-slinging, with most involved checking their brain … Continue reading

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Methuen Fireworks Tonight

Methuen’s Fireworks display is tonight, with the band Beatlejuice beginning to play around 6:30 or so, and the fireworks display happening at 9:30 p.m. Hope to see you there. Happy Fourth of July Weekend!

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The Circular Firing Squad

The State of Minnesota has come to a grinding halt, with Democratic Governor Mark Dayton unable to reach agreement with the newly elected Republican majorities in both the Minnesota House and Senate. The recriminations are flying, with Republicans attempting to … Continue reading

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