LETTER: Lyons Protects the Taxpayer
This letter was submitted by North Andover resident Dan Lanen.
To the Editor: Please join me in voting for Jim Lyons for state representative in the 18th Essex District. Jim Lyons has kept his promise of being a watchdog for the taxpayer. Representative Lyons has fought the status quo of political patronage and wasteful spending. Jim has battled the governor for accountability and exposed millions of dollars in fraud. I have worked with Jim Lyons in a professional capacity as a selectman and watched while he fought to increase local aid. While others told Rep. Lyons there were huge projected deficits at the state level, Lyons replied that waste could be cut and local aid could be increased. There was much resistance to his proposals to reign in state spending and fully fund local aid and Chapter 70 …
Mike Burns
6:52 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Brilliant , lets give in to the election fixing cronies on Beacon Hill who " red shirted "LItalien for two years so they could gerrymand and redefine the the district to give her a second shot at raising taxes , and adding another yews woman to the most one sided legislative body in America more ›