A BETTER WAY?

For the sake of traffic flow
I may not have any place to go

when I need to park
so I can begin to embark

on a downtown shopping spree
or just to see what I can see

These conequeneces may not have beeen intended
but may happen when one-way traffic is ended.

Two-way streets may ease traffic

MAKE A NEW PLAN, STAN

Tired of being used only for a dumping ground,
the citizens demand you stick around..

With a city of our size
why don't you realize?

The need for urgent care
is around everywhere

Don't sacrifice that need
for the sake of only greed!

Partners fine-tunes Union plan

CREDIT FOR COLLEGE

In our classrooms there be a crowd
but it get really loud.

Are you ready for more
cause we may be adding NORTH SHORE!

LYNN PUBLIC SCHOOLS have been shortchanged
cause the CITY'S budget has been rearranged.

Now will they resist
giving the college an assist

We can't solve our own problems now
but YOURS? Just tell us how!

Tech may be home to NSCC programs

REELCTION PROTECTION

No mumbo jumbo, slieght of hand, or other such trick,
make no mistake, I HAVE DELIVERED FOR THE DISTRICT

Of course, some may be deceived
about what I have receieved.

Let the record show
I didn't know.

No paper trail
equals no time in jail.

So I humbly ask for your vote
and the only thing off shore you think of is a boat.

Tierney: I’ve delivered for district

HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR STAKES DONE?

LPS to get PARCCing ticket
while sticky is CHESTER'S wicket.

Test Amxiety, some kids will get a double dose
just to see how it goes.

Oh, were just going to try it,
that's why it's call it a pilot.

Either way we'll pay
for one that has nothing to say.

If you believe in his interest there is no conflict,
I can't wait to see your next trick

Lynn to pull double duty on testing

GROSS TO NET

City Hall, where the tricks are cheap

and the Mayor hopes for a stall.

The State Legislature may change the rules

playing the taxpayers for fools'

All in an effort to conceal

what is really real

Money does line mant a pocket,

to us they really sock it

TOO SMART TO FAIL

Our Mayor may be
a memer of MENSA
but be on the lookout for
school supplies she may to fence a

good schooling has been taken
cause our responsibilities we've foresakin.

Now our bill is
gonna come due,
it'll mean higher taxes
for me and you.

There is already a BOND
of which I'm none too fond.

With all this new found debt,
I'm ready to shout!
Property owners guess what?
We'll be looking to you for our own bail-out

JUMPING UP FOOR A SHORTFALL

Your problem gives me great sorrow
but I can solve it tommorrow/

I know I've been a thorn in your side
and from my rhymes you can't hide.

Why don't you hire me and give me a job
so I don't have to say mean things and make you sob.

With a salary of 8.5 MILLION dollars
guaranteed to make me HOLLER!

DIRECTION OF MY AFFECTION

If only JUDY would be my Valntine
perhaps the light of poetry on her I would not shine/

Om all the silly little mistakes
that she often makes.

But alas the expression of my love
is met with directions to where to shove.

PLOWING AHEAD, FALLING BEHIND

A Snow Emergency and Parking Ban Will Be In Effect At 5 PM Today

Better late than never.
our Mayor was trying to be clever.

Public safety we will sacrifice
everything has a price.

Fifty, One Hundred dollars a plate
raising campaign dollars you're first rate.

The rain will wash away the snow
but in the ice it's hard to row.

Because of the way you think,
your political ship may sink.

NO DESIRE FOR FIRE

Smoke Signals are a way
to send out a PSA.

Number  of languages total forty-nine
but Fire Chief McDonald has done fine.

Maybe that's why he succeeded
cause no translation needed.

Passing out plenty of free alarms
so residents come to no harm.

McDonald honored for fire safety campaign

DEFEND THE WIND

Get ready for the whine
cause broken is our new turbine.

Taxpayers want to know
where did all the hot air go?

Is cold weather here a surprise
or are they pulling the wool over eyes?

Turbine on the fritz thanks to freezing temps

TAKING IT TO THE STREETS

How can we walk
when shoveling you balk?

If responsibilities you bail,
your ticket's in the mail.

Fifty is the price to pay
if it's not done in a day.

Lynn takes on shovel scofflaws

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PARTY PLANS

Having a spot of tea
to learn what our city government be

Looking for a soltion
in this land of revolution.

Don't let our size frighten you.
C'mon, I'll show you what to do!!

Mayor, Khmer community meet over tea

RIGHT TO BE WRONG

How can we truly expect
the uninformed to serve and protect.

Sometimes we must sacrifiice confidentiality
for the sake of reality.

We'll never know what we don't know
Occasionallly Civil Rights are all for show.

Autism registration forms aid police

WAX IMPRESSIONS

What starts as a small  size
can quickly burst into a huge surprise.\

Every large fire began as a small flame.
The end result remains the same.

Take care to handle,
the roar of the candle!

Lynn FD sounds warning about candle use following minor fire

NOT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD

Ourzomig laws need an update
that's what they say

or we must trust in fate
because that is the only way

for us  to legally prevent\
a most unwelcome guest

to officically become a resident
so let us set your mind at rest.

City zoning could get makeover

EATING CAKE

It has been said "All politics is local",
and that is surely true.

When it comes right down to it,
keep my streets plowed so I can get through.

If it's my vote you want you
etter be prepared to spend.

Only don't you dare even think
about raising my property taxes again.

An army and single general battle city snowfall

BODY DOUBLE

Body found in Saugus River

Over the river and through the woods.
Bodies in both no matter where we go.

Worry about safety maybe we should.
Who'll be next you just never know!

Body discovered in Lynn Woods; no ID

HOOP HOPES

These BULLDOGS hae bite to their bark.
Being undefeated sure ain't no lark.

Ending the season undefeated
Is the goalfor us to be treated.

English continues to ramble through Northeastern Conference

WALK THE TABLE TALK

Victims of benefits cut
Just got a punch in the gut.

Hard to look for a work anywhere
When you don't have bus fare.

More a lack of real jobs
Than being lazy.
Both political parties
Acting a little crazy.

Benefits bill battle hits home

CHOICES AT THE CORNER

English students on attack
In a search for a healthy snack.

Too much sugar, too much salt
An unealthy lifestyle, who's at fault?

In the end who's really to blame?
In radio and TV, the answers the same.

Itall comes down to a matter of OUR choice.
What we  put in our mouthecomes our voice.

English students campaign for healthy foods

CITY SNOW JOB

No off street parking?
Well that's too bad
Thanks to the snow
there's money to be had.

If your car's on the street
we'll give it tow.
You can't park there
because of the snow.

Our city does pray to
the weather Gods to provide
a hidden tax
for us to hide.

City nets thousands from tows

NAME SHAME

Someone no one knows
found where mother nature grows.

Along the neaten path
possible victim of another's wrath.

The response to another's violence
is far too often only silence.

Body discovered in Lynn Woods; no ID

YOU CAN'T SPEND TWICE

Easier to juggle a long neck than a book
cause you can plainly see from where you took
and there's no computer to have a look.

Trouble  will come, on that you can bet
due to shortfalls on school spending net.
Chips will fall where they may on that we will let.

New accounting may threaten to expose
just how clean you've  kept your nose
and give us doubts on the leader we've chose.

PITFALLS OF SHORTFALLS

Some people juggle balls while others prefer a book
better start worrying if the STATE takes a look.

While the election was on JUDY'S reputation was intact
but now the Dept. of Ed/ demands funding be exact.

The CITY'S budget will be busted
and we'll begin to doubt who we trusted.

PICK A CARD, ANY CARD

Promises of a good job
just another way our dignity to rob.

Nothing does a casino produce
except away our vices to seduce.

The rich get richer on the backs of the poor
who another scheme they choose to ignore.

Officials engage prospective casino employees

PLAYING THE NUMBERS

They say crime is down I hope that is true
but I have my doubts because  of the skew.

Unfortunately these figures may come out of the blue
because of domestic assaults reports are to few.

Solving the problem, only one thing to do,
nore education for me and you!

Overall crime down, robbery on rise

DRIVING ONE HOME

Being without document and still able to drive
that's an argument that some think doesn't jive.

Some say safety needs to be taken into account
but there are those that doubt that amount.

Here is an issue on which there is a great divide.
With or without a license, we'll be taken for a ride.

Sharp split over immigrant driver’s license bill