MAYOR TO COOPERATE WITH FEDERAL PROBE

New Video Comes to Light

By Josh Resnek

Mayor Carlo DeMaria has informed US Attorney Rachel Rollins that he will cooperate fully with the probe she has launched into allegations of racism, discrimination and retaliation in Everett at the highest level of government.

Rollins has demanded that city records concerning racism and discrimination be handed

over to her office by the first week in July. She insisted that the city refrain from altering the information she is seeking in any way.

She launched the probe following several months of protest and rancor.

And she noted that only 2% of the city’s workforce is Black, Brown and Hispanic people, while the city’s population is more than 60% minority.

Over the weekend, The Everett Reporter, a Facebook site, published a photograph of what it alleged to be a portion of a zoom video meeting showing the mayor, City Solicitor Colleen Mejia, Assistant City Solicitor Keith Slattery a former councilor and a blacked out photo of someone who could not be identified as well as a former Everett city employee.

According to the Everett Reporter, this was allegedly the same zoom session that featured former councilor Anthony DiPierro, the mayor’s former chief of communications, Attorney Deanna Deveney and assistant city solicitor Keith Slattery exchanging laughter and sharing racist talk which included Black people being described as “darkies.”

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Everett at a Cross Roads

By WALT RICE Special to the Leader Herald

Everett is at a cross roads where residents can either change the dysfunctional framework of city government or simply get ready to experience more of the same in the years to come.

Reprehensible does not begin to describe the most recent conduct of those on the zoom meeting and how distasteful the dialogue was revealed to be. Corrupt leadership at the top allows these types of things to happen and flourish when there is a complete lack of internal controls and failure to adhere to publicly accepted standards of conduct.

But, it is worth bearing in mind that although Carlo DeMaria has maximized every possible way to enrich himself while overseeing the executive staff and appointed officials (cronies), he is still not much more than just the current puppet master, yet not the original architect of the dysfunctional system in place. He gleefully inherited it – and in reality, he learned to exploit it in an unprecedented fashion once the casino came into focus.

In time, the exploits, greed and shallow egos involved in this recent downfall drove the administration to where it sits today. Racism is just a part of the problem but not the only problem. It is a blemish among numerous others that have festered over and it spilled onto the streets in plain view of the community. And the community responded.

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The Chicken And The Egg And Another Ten Minute Treat That Satisfies

By Josh Resnek

If you don’t like eggs. If you don’t eat eggs. If the thought of eating an egg or two makes you sick to your stomach, don’t read this.

If you enjoy eggs, as I do, as I always have, then this short food story is about a ten minute treat is right up your alley.

OK. I awaken Monday morning. I am starved. I go downstairs in my home to the fridge.

Speaking truthfully, the fridge is essentially empty except for basics after the weekend.

I want something tasty, delicious, soft and rich with several different levels of sweetness.

In rapid succession, I boil two eggs.

I sit down to write in my study. Of course, I forget I’m boiling two eggs.

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C-C Oust Tide From MIAA Tourney

By Lorenzo Recupero

For the second consecutive season, the Crimson Tide were dropped from the MIAA Division 1 State Tournament at the hands of Concord-Carlisle High School.

The 2-1 preliminary round loss Friday at Concord ended a strong season for longtime head coach Stacy Poste-Schiavo and the Lady Tide, who ended the year 15-5 overall and Greater Boston League Co-Champions.

C-C outlasted the Tide, 8-6, in last year’s Div.1 North Sectional as well.

“This was a tough one because defensively our girls played amazing. Offensively, we just could not get the hits,” said Poste-Schiavo on the stinging loss.

The Tide had a chance late in the game to tie when Bryanna Mason reached first on a 2-out single in the 7th inning but could not muster more hits to bring her round to score.

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— Eye on Everett —

THE BLUE SUIT

Frank discussions between Josh Resnek and the mayor’s Blue Suit

By JOSH RESNEK with THE BLUE SUIT

“This was a bad weekend. Very, very bad,” the Blue Suit said to me over lunch at the New Bridge Café on Tuesday afternoon.

“I think I know what you mean,” I answered.

The glow and feel of the New Bridge has been essentially the same for the past 35 years. The same bar, the same configuration of tables and chairs, the same lighting, even the same people tending bar and waitressing.

Woodlawn hasn’t changed. The New Bridge remains the same.

That’s the best thing about the New Bridge. You always know exactly what you are going to get, exactly how it is going to taste, and you tend to look forward to your food when it is delivered to your table.

So there we were, talking about the mayor, as usual, waiting for our food.

Then it came.

The Blue Suit ordered two plates of tips medium rare, two orders of fries, a large salad and two bottles of Budweiser.

I ordered the barbecued chicken with salad.

The New Bridge salad dressing is fabulous. It is now being sold everywhere, in all major supermarkets. That’s a testament to the family that founded the New Bridge. They’ve worked long and hard to make it what it is.

I watched the Blue Suit devour the first plate of steak tips and salad, while at the same time he was shoving giant steak fries soaked in ketchup into his mouth.

The Blue Suit eats, well, he eats rather heavily. I don’t think he tastes what he eats. He simply loves a mass of food shoved into his mouth. Some people eat because they love and enjoy the taste and texture of food. Others eat to live. That’s the Blue Suit. I wonder if he got his eating habits from Carlo? I don’t know. What does it matter if he did or he didn’t?

“What did Carlo think about the US Attorney’s letter? Was he bothered by it? Did you hear him say anything about it?” I asked the Blue Suit.

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