Page 6 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE–Friday, October 4, 2019 ~ POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT ~ Thomas Messina announces bid for Ward 2 School Committee seat My wife Marianne and I are lifelong Everett residents and our children Marco and Haleigh are following in our footsteps growing up in the city. I’m running for School ComThomas Messina Ward 2 School Committee candidate M y name is Thomas P. Messina, Jr. I am running for School Committee Ward 2. I am a Notary Public to the Commonwealth, MRC region 4b volunteer, retired Everett business owner, former Parent Advisory Committee Member for Lafayette School. mittee Ward 2 because I have watched our beloved school system fall apart due to poor decision making, money management problems and lack of support within the schools. Issues like getting a proper IEP for a child with disabilities who are in need of extra help to get a good education. Making sure that policies that have been created to protect our children are enforced. Make sure Everett Schools are for Everett’s People. Bring back more vocational programs. Seek for better resources to bring to the classrooms to aid teachers and help students with learning. Create a budget so no teacher or student needs to buy supplies to get a FREE education. Law Offices of Terrence W. Kennedy 512 Broadway, Everett • Criminal Defense • Personal Injury • Medical Malpractice Tel: (617) 387-9809 Cell: (617) 308-8178 twkennedylaw@gmail.com State and Everett Police work to reconstruct a fatal hit-and-run motorcycle crash that occurred at approximately 6 a.m. on October 2 near the intersection of Lexington Street and Broadway. The collision happened just fi ve days after a tractor trailer crash on Broadway that took the life of a pedestrian. (Advocate Photo by Christopher Roberson) Help families in fi nancial hardship get the resources they need. There are many issues within our schools; we just need the right person elected to make those changes and demand better for our students. To be a voice for the people who can work with others to make a diff erence. I would be proud and honored to represent you to the people. We hear and see the term: “Everett’s Schools are Everett’s Pride,” well I say to make that statement true, we need to “Put Pride Back in Everett Schools.” Thank You for giving me the opportunity to introduce myself and for your time. ~LETTER TO THE EDITOR~ Councillor McLaughlin gets nasty Dear Editor: On August 8, 2019, I called City Hall to make a complaint regarding the actions of Michael McLaughlin. It distresses me that a person elected to represent the people within his district could behave in such a horrendous manner. When I called City hall I asked for the number that I could reach Mr. Lattanzi because I wanted to inform him that Michael McLaughlin had come by the evening before and was outraged because he seen the two signs for Alfred Lattanzi he had posted in the yard with our permission, one was located at the corner of 42 Alfred and 50 Montrose. We were sitting on the porch and Michael McLaughlin pulled up in a white pickup truck with the letters GTA on the side. He came at us yelling who gave authorization to put those signs there, I replied we did, he really raised his voice and yelled "Jerry and Lattanzi" are the biggest criminals in City Hall. They are trying to steal my job. We sat there in disbelief and intimidated. He went to his truck and cut down the two signs he then tossed them in the side yard at the corner for 42 Alfred and 50 Montrose and said somebody will come with a trash truck and pick them up. As a City Council Representative he needs to be remindCOUNCILLOR | SEE PAGE 23 Another Bway Fatality Monogram D4 Double siding Cedar impression half rounds Harvey Vinyl 60 Replacement Windows Custom Aluminum Trim work Windows & Doors Top quality Vinyl Siding! •Vinyl Siding •Carpentry Work •Decks •Roofing •Free Estimates •Replacement Windows •Fully Licensed •Fully Insured
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