A Voice In Salem
State Senate Election Could Impact 2013 City Races
September democratic run-off may alter local political winds.
August has passed its mid-point and we will soon be into September. The ninth month has long been one of transition. The weather will begin a gradual change to cooler winds, and students will return to their studies. Transitions will also occur in the political world. There have been some watershed moments over the last 40 years in Salem. The mayoral election in 1969 stands as the first one in my memory. Two sons of Salem squared off to succeed Francis X. Collins who had led the city for 20 years. When the smoke cleared, Sam Zoll had won the vote over Dick Guy. Soon after that, Jean Levesque, who had been selected by the city council to succeed Zoll, was challenged in two consecutive elections by Hank O'Donnell. Levesque endured to …
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Ed Carroll
6:44 am on Monday, October 1, 2012
up the penalty for fighting of brawling to a no tolerance degree...and a possible jail sentence and enforce it..there is always that person or persons that love to fight at a bar but once they know they might end up in jail they will not be so eager to engage in that activity in salem more ›