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Monthly Archives: July 2007

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A Less than Clean Sweep…

Mayor Charles Ryan, presumably with the blessing of Stephen Lisauskas, SFCB Executive Director, fired American Sweeping Co. of North Andover after a lackluster job at cleaning the city’s streets. Aside from providing ample evidence that privatization of government services is not a universal good (or

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Sarno v. FCB…

Well it should seem perfectly clear to the Springfield community that this year’s mayoral election will be basically the challenger running against the Control Board. In other words, a redux of Decision 2005. In 2005, School Committee person Thomas Ashe, attempted to unseat Mayor Charles

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Just a Few Updates…

According to the Springfield Intruder, Bill Dusty’s new Springfield oriented blog, John Lysak has thrown his hat into the ring for City Council. Rather, he has announced he will throw his hat into the ring July 18. See the link at left to the Intruder