HERE FOR HONG

Hong invited me to his swearing in.
I'd like to go as his new found friend.

With my rhymes, I did help him win.
Time to celebrate, what has been.

At seven at night I won't see a cloud
From the challenges, he was not cowed.

So if I can, I'll be in the crowd.
To hear him take the oath out loud.

NO BLUE CODE AT RED LIGHT

Acts that are unnatural, what could they be?
Getting caught, makes one trooper try to run free.

Undercover in his underwear in an unmarked
car, late in the night his car was parked.

Thanks to the police of Lynn,
a state cop was arrested of a sin.

Seems like the Gang Unit was his beat,
he was just trying to get the word on the street.

Speaking is not the only thing the mouth is used for.
Actions can sometimes give you more.

NO CAN CAN

Cannin's got to go
or at least the Mayor says so.

She said maybe on a dare,
"Let's put up a put up a toll booth in Wyoma Square"

Kids are being left on their own
soliciting nickels and dimes all alone.

Judy wonders where their coaches be
and how they let these kids run free.

It's a different world out there now.
An adult is need to show them how.

ONCE BITEN, TWICE WHAT?

Houses can be destroyed
By the ravenous bite
Of a small low-flying.
insect called a termite.

Or on rare occasions
An airborne car
On it's way home,
Perhaps from a bar.

When it happens for a
Second time it might behove
A serious consideration of
A relocation or move.

THROWING THE BOOK

Bullies used to slap your face
And could be stopped with the use of mace.

Times have changed and its plain to see
And many worry who your friends might be.

Concern about teachers has raised much commotion
By politicians with questionable devotion.

The real issue has now become clear,
students are the ones student's need to fear.

POLITICAL LANDSCAPE

It has been said that votes
don't always equal signs
but with the new census,
these are different times.

Flowers often sprout
in many a yard
from primary to general
candidates campaign hard.

Support, the people
do proudly show.
Now to the polls,
if only they will go.

FINDING A PLACE

No Parking Commission, how could that be?
Does that mean we'll park for free?

To eliminate this department, they'll use Home Rule
As a legislative tool.

All because the public was quite ired
Over big raises, people need to be fired?

Now a hearing there will be,
To see what we can see.

HEALTH CARE SCARE

The time has come to make everyone aware
Of the skyrocketing cost of Health Care.

Politicians often debate,
But too high remains the rate.

Equal justice is the attraction.
Healthy bodies give satisfaction.

Many social problems will disappear,
When just to live, we need to fear.

PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE

A knife in school.
Exception, not the rule.

At least that's what they say.
But at the end of the day.

It all starts in the beginning.
That's the origin of the sinning.

NO MORE SUIT TO WEAR

The judge side with the board
not listening to the angry hoard.

Some citizens of Lynn took it hard
but for victory, they did not hold the card.

For dismissal Salem did root,
say good-bye to the suit.

How long before the dozers start moving rocks?
Lynn loses, here comes BIG BOX.

POLICY POLITICS

School buildings to use?
Stories meant to confuse.

Who goes first,
that's the worst.

Worries about a policy to buy,
all about a price too high.

When it comes to who gets to play,
the real worry is who gets to say.

THE GANG THING

Kids into gangs.
Gangs into kids.
Our best hope hangs
On strong family bids.

Alone with nothing to do
A recipe for trouble to come through.
The answer is not hard as it may seem.
A small job is needed to build self-esteem.

BANKING ON AMERICANS

Up go the fees,
the fat cats to please.

While home values do sink,
the poor know not what to think.

Economic slavery is surely a sin,
but there's more of us than there are of them.

COMING AROUND

Because the mayor was resolute,
many chose her to persecute.

Suddenly in the ITEM today,
the editors of opinion, see it her way.

For tracks to become trails,
the current plan fails.

Without liability protection, this idea offers
a real chance to drain the city coffers.

LEGAL AT WHAT COST?

ICE, ICE baby,
Feds want no maybe.

Sheriff to enforce the sin
of living illegal in Lynn.

Failure to report,
then now we will deport.

Our city population will go down.
Many services not to be found.

TAKING US FOR A RIDE

Bike to the Sea?
JFK says, "Not me!"

Because of the risk'
it's a chance we can't afford.

If something's wrong, who will pay?
"Don't look at us!", says the MBTA.

EBAY'S THE WAY

Sold to the one who pays the most,
 the only to play fair.
All bidding out in open air,
to on-line auctions, let's raise a toast!

No hints of back room deals,
more money from sales to keep
our taxes low, no need to weep.
Maybe another website showing the city seal.

RIDE OF REVERE

One if by land,
Two if by sea.
From Lynn to Boston
Hope for a new way to be.

Buses, trains, and
boats makes three.
Lots of people to carry,
To work or play on the proposed ferry.

Speak up, have your say
To make sure, they send it our way.

PRIMARY HAS BEEN

The results are in.
Did your candidate win?
Wipe off that grin.
In a few weeks, we do it again.

Our Council Garden

Vote your voice.
A chance tomorrow
to make your choice
and reduce your sorrow.

Stay at home if you dare,
lose your opportunity to say
that you really care
about governing the American way.

If to not vote is what you choose,
then once again Lynn will lose.
Fresh faces are what we need,
our council we must weed.

AT STAKE FOR AT-LARGE

Ten will go down to
eight after election day.
Incumbents are traditionally who
always know what to say

to get re-elected every year
but the census has changed
and the time is growing near
when the balance will be rearranged.

Minorities seek equitable representation
in order to reflect a more diverse
state of our ever growing nation.
To not change is to go in reverse.

ANNNOUNCING MY NEWEST BLOG

For city council, I will not run
but to run the council
with my rhynmes of reason still
would be fun.