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==Background==

==Background==

The son of Alessio Gizzi and the former Roslyn Guglielmetti  of Newington, [[Connecticut]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Gizzi&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=8&GScnty=305&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=37834325&df=all&|title=Madeline Guglielmetti Gizzi (1921-2009) (maternal aunt of John Gizzi)|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=June 18, 2016}}</ref> Gizzi graduated in 1973 from Newington High School in  [[suburb]]an [[Hartford]], the state capital. In 1977, he received his [[Bachelor of Arts]] in [[Political Science]] from Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut, which is affiliated with the [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]] Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. In 1979, he worked for seven months in 1979 as a clerk-typist for the Travis County tax assessor in [[Austin]], [[Texas]], before he launched his career in journalism. There he became aware of [[property tax]] and homestead exemption issues and various Texas politicians of both parties who congregate in the state capital.<ref name=linkedin>{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gizzi-0b27459b|title=John Gizzi|publisher=Linkedin.com|accessdate=June 18, 2016}}</ref>

The son of an [[Italy|Italian]]-[[United States|American]] couple, Alessio Gizzi and the former Roslyn Guglielmetti, he was born in Newington, [[Connecticut]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Gizzi&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=8&GScnty=305&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=37834325&df=all&|title=Madeline Guglielmetti Gizzi (1921-2009) (maternal aunt of John Gizzi)|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=June 18, 2016}}</ref> Gizzi graduated in 1973 from Newington High School in  [[suburb]]an [[Hartford]], the state capital. In 1977, he received his [[Bachelor of Arts]] in [[Political Science]] from Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut, which is affiliated with the [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]] Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. In 1979, he worked for seven months in 1979 as a clerk-typist for the Travis County tax assessor in [[Austin]], [[Texas]], before he launched his career in journalism. There he became aware of [[property tax]] and homestead exemption issues and various Texas politicians of both parties who congregate in the state capital.<ref name=linkedin>{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gizzi-0b27459b|title=John Gizzi|publisher=Linkedin.com|accessdate=June 18, 2016}}</ref>

==Career==

==Career==