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DiDomenico, A Longtime Childcare Advocate, Votes to Pass Bill Supporting Parents Running for Public Office

BOSTON – Senator Sal DiDomenico recently joined his colleagues in the Massachusetts State Senate to pass legislation that would support parents running for public office by recognizing childcare as a valid campaign expense.

“The pandemic has made it abundantly clear that parents cannot go to work without access to childcare and our democracy is no different,” said Senator DiDomenico, Assistant Majority Leader of the Massachusetts Senate. “We want our elected representatives to look like all the people in our state, but we can’t make that happen if parents, especially women and people with low income, can’t afford childcare while running for office. This bill would take a big and important step forward in making it easier for parents to run for office and making the State House more representative of each of our districts. I want to thank Senate President Spilka and Senator Jehlen for all their efforts prioritizing this bill and shepherding it through the Senate.”

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— Eye on Everett —

THE BLUE SUIT

Private conversations between the Blue Suit – the mayor’s blue suit, that is – and Josh Resnek.

I picked up the Blue Suit Tuesday morning in front of the Elm Street Market – that is – the brand new Elm Street Market which is looking pretty snazzy following a yearlong total gut and rehab of the store and the construction of living units above.

The property looks like $1 million and is worth much more than that at this point.

What did the Blue Suit buy inside the market?

He showed me a Milky Way! Then he ate the Milky Way in two bites.

“My God,” I said. “Can’t you eat like a normal human being?” I asked.

“I’m not a normal human being,” he replied.

“What are you?” I asked him.

“I’m a blue suit. I’m the mayor’s blue suit. I am the best known blue suit in all of Everett,” he said.

Sure enough, no sooner had the last syllable trailed off into the cold air when several shoppers caught sight of him.

“Look over there,” they shouted.

“It’s the Blue Suit!”

Several women shoppers from Abbott Avenue went right up to him and asked him for an autograph.

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The New Year Edition

With 2022 nearly finished, it is all eyes on 2023.

We believe Everett is poised for a great new year of change and promise.

Some things will change. Other things will remain the same.

The general drift will hopefully be forward and upward.

The city faces a number of challenges in 2023.

Equity for all Everett residents is a big challenge. It will occupy an important place in all policy making decisions during the new year.

How the city treats its people of color and ethnicity – how the city treats all its residents – is a cause for some concern given the events of 2022.

How the city spends its money will be something to be watched and a process that must be nurtured – not just by officials, but with the input from residents and business owners and all of the city’s major stakeholders.

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The Patriots in 2023

The last two weeks of 2022 have been horrific for the Patriots and for Mac Jones and for all of us who can still recall the glory days when Tom Brady led the Pats and the world seemed a far better place than it is today for New England football fans.

We have fallen down from the mountaintop in this dreary post Brady Pat’s world.

It was much better being on top than being 7-8 with a bit of the season still in front of us.

Boston sports writers are still harping on the possibility that the Pat’s could be play-off bound!

This goes to show you how foolish some sports writers can be. The Pat’s are done, even if they get to the playoffs.
Where could they possibly go in the playoffs?

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Protesters and public speakers

Leader Herald Staff

2023 will be the year of the continued uprising of public speakers and protesters.

2022 served as a seminal moment in both movements.

City meetings won’t ever be the same with these convergent groups attempting to have their say against the administration.

First, in 2022, vocal, articulate, informed public speakers changed the face and the tenor of nearly all city council and school committee meetings.

In 2023, look for the situation to coalesce.

Never in the city’s modern history have so many come out to public meetings to say so much and to defy the potential for retaliation.

With folks like former Everett businessman Jon Puopolo, number cruncher and administration enemy Paula Sterite, realtor Sandy Juliano, city employee Maria Bussle, resident and father, Shane McNally, former Councilor Fred Capone, noted businessman and former councilor Sal Sachetta, bus driver Tony Raymond, Wendy Poste, members of the NAACP, Eliot Vasquez, Peggy Serino, Beverly Leonard, veteran David Fortin, builder Steven Iannaco and on and on and on.

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