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Every year, the Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce sponsors a
breakfast where all the mayors and town managers of the Merrimack
Valley have the chance to brag about their accomplishments and
talk about their future plans.
In the midst of jokes, serious situations were presented and an
optimistic outlook was forecasted by each official.
Here are some memorable quotes from the mayors and town managers:
Town Manager Reginald Stapczynski, Andover
“The Massachusetts Municipal Association reports that people want
to move to Massachusetts because of land availability, tax rates,
accessibility to airports and low crime rates.”
Mayor Michael J. Sullivan, Lawrence
“In 2002 I came here asking for your help. Today, I’m here to
thank you. With your help, we have repaved Rt. 28 and you cannot
tell that you are in Lawrence.”
“We have 100 new homes with $828,000 in tax revenue.”
Mayor William Manzi, III, Methuen
“We’ll have one stop shopping with Karen Sawyer Faust in Community
Development, making it easy to do business in Methuen.”
“We’ll send a Master Plan to the City Council in 45 days.”
Town Manager Mark H. Rees, North Andover
“Recycling is saving us over $100,000 each year.”
“We are putting all the utilities cables underground in downtown.”
Mayor Thatcher Kezer, Amesbury
“I’m losing the email battle and I’m being kicked out of the
‘Clean Desk Club’.”
“I have succeeded at one thing, handling papers only once – they
are in the same place I put them to be looked at later.”
Mayor James J. Fiorentini, Haverhill
“Crime is down with 13% overall.”
“Lowe’s moving to the city this spring. We removed the
requirements (roadblocks) for businesses although parking
continues to be a problem.”
“We have a food cluster in the area with 16 restaurants in
downtown. Any thinking about opening a restaurant should come see
me.”
Mayor William Martin, Lowell
“Artists are moving from Boston and we have 2,000 units of housing
coming up.”
“We have high quality shops downtown.”
“We are ready for the manufacturing and service industry to move
in.”
Mayor John Moak, Newburyport
“Manzi stole our candidate for Community Development. I hope next
year Karen can say, ‘I wish I had gone with Newburyport.’”
Town Manager David Cressman, Tewksbury
“The governor’s race is the most important in the last 18 years.”
“More children are staying in public schools instead of going to
private or parochial schools.”
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