EV Vol. 31, No.7 -FREEEVE ER TT A household word in Everett for 30 years! ADDOCCO TEAT www.advocatenews.net Free Every Friday 617-387-2200 Friday, February 18, 2022 Rep. McGonagle Launches Reelection Bid State Representative Joseph McGonagle is shown picking up nomination papers as he begins his campaign for reelection. (Courtesy Photo) Mayor outraged over accusations about surveillance cameras SINCE 1921 Messinger Insurance Agency 475 Broadway Everett, MA 02149 Phone: 617-387-2700 Fax: 617-387-7753 NEW COMPETITIVE AUTO RATES AND BENEFITS AVAILABLE ACCIDENT FORGIVENESS DISAPPEARING COLLISION DEDUCTIBLE 11% DISCOUNT WITH SUPPORTING POLICY 10% COMBINED PAY IN FULL DISCOUNT AND GREEN DISCOUNT 10% GOOD STUDENT DISCOUNT Celebrating 100 years of excellence! Monday thru Friday: 8am to 6pm Saturdays 9am to 1pm! Check out our NEW website! www.messingerinsurance.com By Christopher Roberson A pproximately 11 days after Superintendent of Schools Priya Tahiliani fi led a complaint with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination against Mayor Carlo DeMaria, surveillance cameras were allegedly discovered in the ceiling of her offi ce. Tahiliani fi led her complaint on January 17 and the cameras were found on January 28. The mayor expressed his anger about the situation and has since gone to the authorities. “I am extremely disturbed by the allegation, apparently verifi ed, that cameras were found in the offi ce of the Everett School Superintendent. I have given instructions to city offi cials that an investigation be immediately undertaken to determine how this occurred and who is responsible,” said DeMaria. “However, in order to ensure that such an investigation is as comprehensive as possible, I call upon the Offi ce of the Attorney General of the Commonwealth and the Middlesex District Attorney to conduct their own investigations, in order that those responsible can be held accountable to the fullest extent provided by law.” School Committee Memberat-Large Samantha Lambert said she is disheartened by this development. “I am saddened and disturbed that this could occur,” she said. “Until the investigation is complete and we have a full scope of what happened, I cannot comment further.” Neither Tahiliani nor her attorney, Benjamin Flam, could be reached for comment. Offi cials from the Attorney General’s Offi ce and the Middlesex District Attorney’s Offi ce were also unavailable.
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