~ Political Announcement ~ Peter Manoogian announces re-election bid for Precinct 10 Town Meeting Member

First elected in 1985 to represent Precinct 10, Peter is regarded as one of the most knowledgeable and experienced elected officials in the Town of Saugus.

He has served 13 terms (26 years) as a Precinct 10 Town Meeting Member, 3 terms (6 years) as a Selectman, 1 term (2 years) as a School Committee Member, and 1 term (3 years) as Finance Committee Member and Chairman. In all of these 40 years of elected and appointed service, he has missed only one meeting. He has a 100 percent voting record in Town Meeting and has maintained independence and ethical conduct as a Town official.

Peter has never taken the residents of Precinct 10 for granted. He is known to be responsive and effective in addressing constituent inquiries and concerns, whether it be tree limb issues or a zoning issue affecting neighbors.

He has been a vocal advocate of closing the WIN ash landfill. He has formed and nurtured alliances with regional and state officials to further that goal. He believes that Saugus residents should not have to be subject to higher health risks from an incinerator that cannot possibly meet emission standards.

Peter is responsible for a bylaw adoption that prevents a trash fee without a vote of Town Meeting. Because of this bylaw, Saugus is one of but a few North Shore communities where the residents are provided trash pickup without paying a fee. He is aware that the state will soon be allowing local communities to raise the meal tax. Peter will oppose this when it comes before Town Meeting.

Peter usually supports the financial recommendations of the Finance Committee, especially on proposals that have resulted in Saugus being in the best fiscal condition in its history. He also supported Selectman Serino’s proposed zoning changes to restrict the height and density of Route 1 apartment buildings. These proposals were adopted.

He was a vocal opponent of the Town Meeting allowing marijuana sales in Saugus after the voters opposed these sales. To date, Saugus has not received 1 cent in revenue and has expended tens of thousands of dollars on lawsuits brought forth by disgruntled applicants.

If re-elected by the voters of Precinct 10, Peter will remain responsive to his constituents and God willing, will attend each Meeting and vote on every article. Peter often reminds his colleagues of the Athenian Oath to “transmit this town not only, not less, but greater and more beautiful than it was transmitted to us.”