Cesar Martinez sees the city of Lawrence in a better light than he did three years ago, with smoothly paved streets, new parking meters to raise revenues, and a runaway budget deficit wrestled under control. This year, Mayor William Lantigua will get his vote.
To Edwin Rodriguez, things are worse: property taxes are rising and the city’s reputation has been battered by scandal. He wants the mayor out.

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The people of Lawrence get the crook they deserve when they repeatedly elect a crook to lead them. Why this guy has not been indicted yet is beyond comprehension.
Martha Coakley says it's not illegal to things that are illegal in Massachusetts?
He saw Dems rally around Tierney and figured being a crook wasn't a handicap in Massachusetts.
Gee whiz... Latino voters must be advancing politically. . . they have finally got a version of James Michael Curley. . .