Manchester political icon dies
By Brian Lawson, PolitickerNH.com ReporterThe Union Leader is reporting that Lloyd Basinow, a Manchester political activist, died this morning.
During the 1980s, Basinow represented Ward 4 on the Board of Alderman.
Basinow is know for attempting to privatize Manchester's public schools and recently led the fight against the fluoridation of drinking water.
Former Manchester Mayor, and current Executive Councilor, Ray Wieczorek said, "he was one of a kind."
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Lloyd Basinow was NEVER elected to anything!
Do some fact checking folks. Lloyd Basinow was the ultimate cranky gadfly, running for every local and state office possible - never winning once. His constant negativity of everything and everthing harkens back to the days when Manchester was a tired depressed mill town. Joe Kelly Levasseur joyfully fills his crackpot shoes these days.
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