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The Iowa Fallout

Posted on January 4, 2012 by billmanzi

The Republican Caucuses were held last night in Iowa, and Mitt Romney eked out a victory over a surging Rick Santorum by the slightest of margins (8 total votes statewide). Now that is close. The fallout has been quick, with … Continue reading →

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The Methuen High School Project

Posted on January 3, 2012 by billmanzi

The Methuen High School project has seen its construction schedule slip by a yet undetermined amount of time. This schedule slippage is due solely to the desire of myself, as the former Mayor, and the Building Committee, to hold the … Continue reading →

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The Inaugural Address of Mayor Zanni

Posted on January 3, 2012 by billmanzi

The Inaugural Address of Mayor Steve Zanni, at the Nevins Memorial Library. The photo’s from the Inaugural are here.

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Thank You Methuen

Posted on January 2, 2012 by billmanzi

This morning Mayor Steve Zanni will be sworn in as Methuen’s fourth Mayor of the modern period, and fifth overall. With the closing of my third term of office as Mayor I would like to thank the good people of … Continue reading →

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Diane Maroun is the December Artist of the Month

Posted on December 29, 2011 by billmanzi

Mayor William M. Manzi has named Diane Maroun as December’s Artist of the Month. Fine artist Diane J. Maroun, graduated from the prestigious School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts. Diane has received instruction from nationally renown … Continue reading →

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Mitt Deploys in Iowa

Posted on December 28, 2011 by billmanzi

Mitt Romney, sensing blood in the water, is deploying additional resources into Iowa as a new CNN Poll has him with a slight lead over Ron Paul. In this latest survey Newt Gingrich has dropped to fourth, behind Rick Santorum, … Continue reading →

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In Denial

Posted on December 26, 2011 by billmanzi

Pretty good column in the post by Robert Samuelson. Samuelson, who is right of center, lays out the problems our system is having resolving anything of substance on the budget. He puts out some interestring statistics that will likely have … Continue reading →

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The Circular Firing Squad, or Merry Christmas Democrats

Posted on December 22, 2011 by billmanzi

Take a couple of days off from blogging only to return to the House Republican conference blowing themselves up. Just as they have done in the past the Republican conference, egged on by Eric Cantor, submarined their Speaker, blew up … Continue reading →

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Gingrich Slip Sliding in Iowa

Posted on December 19, 2011 by billmanzi

A couple of posts back I speculated that the massive air assault launched against Newt Gingrich by Mitt Romney and Ron Paul was indeed weighing down Gingrich, and might allow Romn Paul to sneak in the back door. Public Policy … Continue reading →

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Des Moines Register Endorses Romney

Posted on December 17, 2011 by billmanzi

The Des Moines Register tonight endorsed Mitt Romney as the most qualified Republican competing in the Iowa caucuses. Romney did not receive the endorsement four years ago from the Register, but he picked up a nice boost for his campaign … Continue reading →

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