Everett is a bigtime football city, obviously. The coming Super Bowl is all about one thing, according to those who claim to know. It is about vengeance. It is about avenging a horrible loss to the Giants after winning 18…
Category: Editorials
The Mayor Must Act; the Council, Too
The Tuesday evening meeting of the Everett School Committee was one of the most important in recent years. The School Committee is asking for a substantial amount of money to defray rapidly rising costs connected with the extraordinary rise in…
The Reverend Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King would have celebrated his 83rd birthday last Saturday had he not been cut down in the prime of his life by an assassin’s bullet in 1968. Our nation has moved forward with giant steps to bridge the…
The Patriots
Now that Tim Tebow and the Broncos have been retired for this season, it is on to the collision with Baltimore on Saturday. It appears and feels like the Patriots are a team of destiny this year. Everything good about…
Shock, Anger, Despair
The senseless murder of 20 year-old Jessica Cormier, a beautiful, young Everett girl with her life stretching before her like an endless dream has galvanized the good people of this city who knew her. Her wake from the Smith Funeral…
Three Terms and No One in Sight
Mayor Carlo DeMaria’s third term is beginning with a lot of good will he has acquired over time. The mayor has kept the city’s politics quiet and he has been reasonable and the city has weathered the economic downturn better…
The Inauguration
The annual swearing in of the Everett City government Tuesday evening had significance like no other in the history of the city. After this inauguration, there will likely never again be another 2 year mayor or bicameral government in Everett.…
Out with the Old; In with the New
It was a turbulent and tumultuous year in some parts of the world. In this nation, it was, above all, a year when we got more of the same rather than the dramatic change needed to alter our course. The…
Merry Christmas Happy Holiday
Christmas 2011 is days away. Most of us are busy preparing for the holiday. All of us this year are receiving a great present – the official end of the war in Iraq. Nine Christmas celebrations have come and gone…
Casino at Suffolk Downs Benefits City of Everett
Everett has one of the highest commercial property tax rates in the state. There is high unemployment here and especially in the building trades, which have been hurting since the nation almost went bust in 2007. We have just built…