LACONIA — Tom Tardif, former mayor and city councilor, died on Dec. 7, at his home, at age 82. He's remembered as one of the Straight Arrows, who changed city politics forever.

Tardif served on the city council during some of the most meaningful times of the city’s government. He may best be known as chair of the Straight Arrow Committee, a bipartisan group of residents who won six of the nine seats on the council in 1989.

Even after Tardif's term ended, he often submitted letters to the editor to The Laconia Daily Sun, and made City Hall a regular stop.

“I had an opportunity to talk to Tom on many occasions,” said City Manager Kirk Beattie. “He still enjoyed coming into City Hall and asking questions, or discussing the hot topics going on within Laconia. With his many decades of experi

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