Page 28 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, NOVEmbER 8, 2024 BEACON | FROM PAGE 26 them, without fear or interruption.” “Protecting our communities means safeguarding the organizations that uplift, support and inspire us daily,” said Public Safety and Security Secretary Terrence Reidy. “This funding reaffirms our commitment to protecting these essential community spaces, ensuring they remain safe havens where people of all backgrounds can gather and feel secure.” QUOTABLE QUOTES “We are asking for the ability to form a committee to start a captive insurance plan or start a plan that would allow us to get assistance to fix these foundations. We are mirroring a plan that’s already in place and working in the state Humane Removal Service COMMONWEALTH WILDLIFE CONTROL ANIMAL & BIRD REMOVAL INCLUDING RODENTS CALL 617-285-0023 Your Hometown News Delivered! EVERETT ADVOCATE MALDEN ADVOCATE REVERE ADVOCATE SAUGUS ADVOCATE One year subscription to The Advocate of your choice: $175 per paper in-town per year or $225 per paper out-of-town per year. Name_________________________________________ Address_______________________________________ City_______________ State_______ Zip ____________ CC# _______________________________ Exp. _____ Sec. code____ Advocate (City):___________________ Clip & Mail Coupon with Credit Card, Check or Money Order to: Advocate Newspapers Inc. PO Box 490407, Everett, MA 02149 of Connecticut. They’ve replaced over 1,000 homes. They use a $1 a month surcharge on homeowners’ policies, no more than $12 a year. The first year alone, if we were able to put that together in Massachusetts, we’d raise close to $22 million.” ---Cynthia Poirier, an assessor in Brimfield and Holland, urging Gov. Healey to issue an executive order to create a committee to develop recommendations on providing assistance to the many Bay State homeowners dealing with crumbling concrete foundations, caused by pyrite or pyrrhotite minerals, which could eventually render their houses unlivable. “The Healey-Driscoll Administration recognizes the importance of providing support to homeowners whose concrete REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS Copyrighted material previously published in Banker & Tradesman/The Commercial Record, a weekly trade newspaper. It is reprinted with permission from the publisher, The Warren Group. For a searchable database of real estate transactions and property information visit: www.thewarrengroup.com. BUYER1 Hassan, Naweed Rosa, Fredis O Salguero, David A BUYER2 Santamaria, Leidi C SELLER1 Dedic, Christopher G Martinez, Myra T Sachetta, Charles Fitzpatrick, Nancy A foundations are crumbling. We will continue to work together with our partners in the Legislature to evaluate potential solutions that would provide relief to homeowners.” ---Karissa Hand, spokesperson for Gov. Healey, responding to a State House News Service question asking whether the governor is willing to issue the executive order to create a committee to explore providing assistance to homeowners dealing with crumbling concrete foundations. “The public should expect strong, clear and specific recommendations when our work is complete. We will approach thorny questions humbly, diligently and with an open mind. We will do our best to draw in voices that are not already represented on this commission, including but not limited to, Orthodox Jews, Israeli Jews and those who may have differing opinions about what counts as antisemitism.” ---Rep. Simon Cataldo (D-Concord) co-chair of the newly established Special State Commission for Addressing Antisemitism, which held its first meeting last week. “The latest report … underscores the main issue driving residents out of Massachusetts. Oppressive taxes aren’t just a business community concern. This is a quality of life issue for everyone in the commonwealth. Our polling shows 80 percent of people agree Massachusetts taxes are too high. The long-term consequences aren’t hypothetical. If we don’t turn the tide, we will continue to lose talented residents, families and entrepreneurs to states with more competitive taxes.” ---ChrisAnderson, president of the Massachusetts High Technology Council, on the release of the Tax Foundation 2025 State Tax Competitiveness Index, which rankedMassachusetts among the 10 worst states in the country (41st out of 50). SELLER2 Dedic, Alyssa J Davidson, Donna Dimodica, Joseph 20 Liberty St 216 Springvale Ave 100 Clarence St HOW LONG WAS LAST WEEK’S SESSION? Beacon Hill Roll Call tracks the length of time that the House and Senate were in session each week. Many legislators say that legislative sessions are only one aspect of the Legislature’s job and that a lot of important work is done outside of the House and Senate chambers. They note that their jobs also involve committee work, research, constituent work and other matters that are important to their districts. Critics say that the Legislature does not meet regularly or long enough to debate and vote in public view on the thousands of pieces of legislation that have been filed. They note that the infrequency and brief length of sessions are misguided and lead to irresponsible late-night sessions and a mad rush to act on dozens of bills in the ADDRESS CITY DATE Everett Everett 10.04.24 10.01.24 Everett 10.01.24 PRICE 850000 675000 900000 days immediately preceding the end of an annual session. During the week of October 28-November 1, the House met for a total of 50 minutes and the Senate met for a total of 54 minutes. Mon. Oct. 28 House11:13 a.m. to 11:14 a.m. Senate 11:11 a.m. to 11:49 a.m. Tues.Oct. 29 No House session No Senate session Wed. Oct. 30 House11:05 a.m. to 11:17 a.m. No Senate session Thurs. Oct. 31 House11:06 a.m. to 11:43a.m. Senate 11:10 a.m. to 11:26 a.m. Fri. Nov. 1 No House session No Senate session Bob Katzen welcomes feedback at bob@beaconhillrollcall.com Bob founded Beacon Hill Roll Call in 1975 and was inducted into the New England Newspaper and Press Association (NENPA) Hall of Fame in 2019.
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