by Bobbi Hod
guest contributor
Southbridge residents are accustomed to dirty politics, especially during the contentious election season. This year's town council race is no different and in fact, may have reached a new pinnacle of sleaze. A recent campaign being waged to unseat Steve Lazo, the sitting Southbridge Town Council Chair is no exception. His opponents hope to achieve their goals through any means necessary including official and semi-official investigations of the entire Lazo family, information packets distributed to government bodies and an allegation-filled anonymous letter sent to town residents. Who is behind this effort and to what end? Are the accusations justified, or are the Lazos being singled out for political and possibly economic gain? There are a lot of topics to cover in dissecting this but first let's start with a suggestion of guilt by association and the attempted seizure of a family asset: the full pour restaurant liquor license held by brother Scott Lazo.
