Page 18 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, MAy 15, 2026 BEACON | FROM PAGE 17 from Sterman. “But that certification was proper only to the extent the petition proposed a law, rather than a legislative rule.” The Legislative Effectiveness and Accountability Partnership, the sponsor of the possible ballot question, had filed 96,797 signatures (only 74,754 are needed) as a step in getting the question on the 2026 ballot for voters to decide. It contends that the legislative leadership uses stipends to deliver millions of dollars to favored legislators and calls the money “loyalty pay” intended to bind lawmakers to the wishes of leadership. All 40 senators and 108 of 160 representatives receive an additional stipend, above their $82,046 base salary, for their positions in the Democratic and Republican leadership, as committee chairs, vice chairs and the ranking Republican on some committees. The current Senate stipends range from $30,207 to $119,631 while the House ones range from $7,776. to $119,631. All of the positions are appointed by either the Senate President, House Speaker, Senate Minority Leader or House Minority Leader. The proposal first went to the Legislature which had until May 6 to act on it but obviously did not do so. Under state law, if the Legislature takes no action, proponents ~ LEGAL NOTICE ~ NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE Premises: 24 Corey Street, Unit 201, Everett, Massachusetts By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Abdirahman Gulled to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”), as mortgagee, as nominee for Residential Mortgage Services, Inc its successors and assigns and now held by Rocket Mortgage LLC s/b/m Nationstar Mortgage LLC, said mortgage dated June 2, 2021, and recorded in the Middlesex County (Southern District) Registry of Deeds in Book 77921, Page 389, as affected by an Assignment of Mortgage dated February 2, 2024, and recorded in the Middlesex County (Southern District) Registry of Deeds in Book 82480, Page 9, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions in said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction on June 5, 2026 at 10:00 AM Local Time upon the premises, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, to wit: The “Unit” known as Unit No. 201, having a post office address of 24 Corey Street, Unit 201, Everett, Massachusetts, in a condominium known as the Seville Place Condominium and established pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 183A, as amended, by Master Deed dated 6/22/1988 and recorded with Middlesex South Registry of Deeds in Book 19141 Page 88. Together with an undivided interest in the common areas and facilities of said Condominium and together with the rights, if any, to exclusive use of the common areas and facilities of said Condominium as more fully set forth in the aforesaid Master Deed and the Unit Deed. Together with the benefit of, and subject to, the easements, restrictions, conditions, rights and obligations set forth or referred to in said Master Deed, Unit Deed and provisions of the Seville Place Condominium Declaration of Trust, its by-laws and Rules and Regulations, recorded with said Registry of Deeds, as the same may from time to time be amended by instruments of record. The description of the property contained in the mortgage shall control in the event of a typographical error in this publication. For Mortgagor’s Title see deed dated June 2, 2021, and recorded in the Middlesex County (Southern District) Registry of Deeds in Book 77921, Page 386. Said Unit will be conveyed together with an undivided percentage interest in the Common Elements of said Condominium appurtenant to said Unit and together with all rights, easements, covenants and agreements as contained and referred to in the Declaration of Condominium, as amended. TERMS OF SALE: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described. TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within forty-five (45) days after the date of sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale. Marinosci Law Group, P.C. 275 West Natick Road, Suite 500 Warwick, RI 02886 Attorney for Rocket Mortgage LLC s/b/m Nationstar Mortgage LLC Present Holder of the Mortgage Telephone: (401) 234-9200 MLG File No.: 24-06656 May 08, 15, 22, 2026 must gather another 12,429 signatures by July 1, in order for the question to appear on the November 2026 ballot. The group was ready to collect the additional signatures but Secretary of State Bill Galvin’s office said it can only provide petitions if an initiative is certified by the attorney general. “Given this letter, and [the attorney general’s] view that the petition is not properly certified, we have notified the petitioners that we will not be able to provide them with additional petitions,” Galvin spokesperson Deb O’Malley said. The Legislative Effectiveness and Accountability Partnership said it is “committed to return in 2028 with a ballot question to eliminate stipends altogether,” calling the events “the Legislature’s backdoor maneuver” to block voters from voting on stipend reform. In a press release, the group said that the infrequently used step the Senate took to request the advisory opinion from the justices is a “short-circuit maneuver [that] is only available to the Legislature.” “The opinion that came back is, by the justices’ own description, advisory and non-binding,” continued the release. “It is not a ruling. It is not a final decision. But it is now being used as the legal cover to silence the voices of the voters,” continued the release. The group’s treasurer Jennifer Nassour said in the release that this “backdoor maneuver should alarm voters across the political spectrum.” “The Legislature has now demonstrated, in real time and in front of the entire commonwealth, exactly why this reform is needed,” said John Lippitt, the group’s chair. “We are going to keep fighting until this question reaches the voters where it belongs. The next question will not be how to reform the stipend system, it will be to end it. We would have preferred reform. The Legislature has forced us to move to eliminate it.” “FOREIGN” SOCIAL SECURITY (H 260) – The Revenue Committee held a hearing on legislation that would extend the state tax treatment currently applied to Social Security income to public retirement income earned abroad. Under current law, Social Security benefits are exempt from state taxation, but foreign public pensions are not. Co-sponsors Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa (D-Northampton) and Sen. Jo Comerford (D-Northampton) said they filed this bill to correct an inequity affecting a small but distinct group of retirees. “Some individuals spent a portion of their careers working abroad, during which time they contributed to a foreign public retirement system rather than U.S. Social Security,” said the pair. “Upon retiring in Massachusetts, they receive no Social BEACON | SEE PAGE 19
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