What's With Magnan?

We're just asking, but twice in the last two months School Committee member Patrick Magnan has publicly taken on a City Councilor. Is he setting the stage to run for council next year (yeah, we almost always equate polticial mischief with electoral politics)?

Magnan goes after Councilor Dean Tran this week right here on old Save Fitchburg. Scroll down to "The DeSalvatore Manifesto" post, and check out the comments. It's way down at the bottom. Magnan is "Fitchburg01420." None of it is heart-stopping, but Magnan's charge that Tran paid for sign-holders is interesting. (Note, I'm not sure if I care if Tran paid sign-holders. I mean, it's a crappy job.)

Better was Magnan's sparkfest with Councilor Norman Boisvert in June. Magnan publicly roasted Boisvert for not announcing his wife was a School Department employee before voting on the school budget. Refresh your memory here and here.

We're not sure what Magnan's motivation is here, but we'd love to find out. Obviously he reads, so maybe he can hit the comment button and let us know what he's up to.