The former Everett High School Building on Broadway is a white elephant. It is an albatross around the city’s neck. It is as useless a piece of property as the city could own in the 21st Century. It cannot be…
Category: Editorials
VOTE on Tuesday
Everett voters are urged to get out and to vote in the special senate election on Tuesday. The larger the vote, the bigger the voice, the grander is the effect on the system. The campaign for the right to fill…
Casino bill passes test
The House of Representatives has voted favorably to send out of the commerce committee a casino gambling bill put together by House Speaker Robert DeLeo. It is a solid bill which, if enacted and all its particulars successfully implemented, will…
Vicious dogs should be banned
The Board of Aldermen has put more teeth into an ordinance governing vicious dogs in this city. The ordinance does not go far enough in our opinion. Pit bulls should be banned from public parks and spaces – and in…
Health care for all; but at what cost?
The Democrats celebrated a triumph when the health care reform bill passed Sunday. It was a victory for the 30 million or so Americans who cannot afford to have health insurance. It was also a victory for those who have…
Happy Anniversary Carlo and Stacy
Mayor Carlo DeMaria and his lovely wife Stacy celebrated their 13th Wedding Anniversary this week. We understand the mayor and his wife were celebrating the anniversary when the call came in to the mayor asking him to run down to…
Parking at Waters Avenue needs some discussion
The developer of a major housing project on Waters Avenue has petitioned the city for a variance. The developer needs close to 400 parking spaces for the 198 units he is seeking to build. However, paper work presented at city…
Anthony Ventura
The former owner of Everett Square Sporting Goods, Anthony Ventura, was one of this city’s best-known downtown businesspeople. He was a good, good guy – a generous man who understood his business and who cared about his clientele. Inside his…
Spiraling cost for city employee health insurance unsustainable
As Mayor Carlo DeMaria goes about the effort of cutting city spending, he must ultimately and inevitably deal with the health care monster – that is – the cost of insuring the city’s employees. It turns out, Everett’s per employee…
Pay your taxes, Representative Smith
The list of those property owners in Everett who have not paid their property taxes was printed last week for public scrutiny according to the law. One of those making the list was Representative Steve Smith. We would urge Rep.…