Page 18 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – Friday, February 21, 2020 MCGONAGLE | FROM PAGE 3 INVESTING IN OUR KIDS: This past fall, I advocated and voted for the Student Opportunity Act. This historic bill represents a huge milestone for our students – and will be critical to fully funding our Everett Public Schools. This legislation will infuse millions of dollars into our school system over the next few years and will dramatically impact our students so that they have additional counselors, modern classroom supplies and more art, music and enrichment programs. These are just a few of the things we have been able to accomplish. Being your State Representative is about building relationships and fulfilling the needs of our residents. Each and every day I work closely with State Senator Sal DiDomenico and Mayor Carlo DeMaria to ensure your needs are being met with honesty and integrity and I’ll always fight to ensure Everett continues to get its fair share Robots replace employees at Encore bars By Christopher Roberson I Rep. McGonagle is shown at the Secretary of State's Office last week. from Beacon Hill. The City of Everett is on the move – and I’m proud to have played a role in the progress we have made TOGETHER. But the work is far from over – and I can assure you that I have never been more fired up than now to make Everett an even better place to live, work and raise a family! Over the next few months, I look forward to knocking on your door and talking to you face-to-face about my record of delivering for Everett. I also look forward to listening and understanding what issues matter most to you. Thank you for your friendship and for your vote in 2020. I’m so proud to be your State Representative – and I can’t wait to continue to serve you in 2020 and beyond. #TeamJoe2020 n its latest effort to cut costs and improve service, Encore Boston Harbor recently announced that self-service towers will replace bartenders at seven of its eight bars. During the February 13 meeting of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC), Warren Richards, Encore’s executive director of food and beverage, said “fewer than 40” employees have been affected by the change. From the total number of affected employees, Warren said, eight of them have left Encore to pursue other opportunities. “Everybody that is choosing to leave is very much eligible to return if they decide that there's an opportunity for them to come back,” he said. Warren said the 28 self-service towers were installed in response to customers frequently complaining about the “speed of beverage service on the casino floor,” adding that some patrons have waited as long as one hour to be served. “What we realized is it actually wasn’t a lack of cocktail servers, which is the usual suspicion,” said Richards. “It was actually the bottleneck that was happening in the service bars after they had taken the order. What has happened is a gross amount of inefficiency in our original plan.” However, he said the problem can be rectified with the self-service towers. “Our hope, and we believe this will be demonstrated quickly, is that this will improve the speed of service going out to the casino floor,” he said. Richards said the self-service towers are similar to touch-screen fountain soda machines. “The only difference here is this digital screen will allow you to pour whatever we program into it,” he ROBOTS | SEE PAGE 23
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