The Next Generation
By Josh Resnek
Gerly Adrian cuts a familiar figure in the Everett of today.
At city hall, nearly everyone knows her and to know her is to like her.
In political circles, which are still largely white and male with very few exceptions here, she is a woman in a man’s world…but it is a disappearing world she is growing into prominence in.
Last time out she lost to the rep by 180 votes in what was a very close race considering the substantial backing the rep had. Congressman Michael Capuano had incumbency and everything else that comes with being part of the small family that tends to re-elect one another from race to race.
Ayanna Pressley, who wiped out Capuano is the new sheriff in town, so to speak.
Capuano isn’t even a memory at this point and as for Ayanna, we will likely never or rarely see her here.
This being said, the world opening up to Adrian is a road already traveled by Pressley, who is now serving in Congress where Capuano had sat successfully for 20 years until she rained on his parade.
What is ahead for Adrian?
