Page 18 THE MALDEN ADVOCATE - Friday, February 15, 2019 Advocate 1. How many tiles does a Scrabble “hand” have? 2. Which city had the first Trump Plaza? 3. What fruit juice is in a Cape Codder? 4. On Feb. 16, 1933, the U.S. Senate voted to repeal the 18th Amendment to overturn what? 5. What female American Olympian ice skater of Japanese descent appeared in the “Got Milk” mustache advertisements? 6. Paso doble is a dance associated with what contest? 7. What character in the game “Clue” is blue? 8. On Feb. 17, 1801, the U.S. House broke an Electoral College tie and elected whom as president? 9. What monthly exploration magazine’s museum is in Washington, D.C.? 10. What famous cowboy political humorist was called “The Cherokee Kid”? 11. On Feb. 18, 2001, what car racer died in the Daytona 500’s last lap? 12. In what U.S. state would you find the Badlands, the Corn Palace and Mount Rushmore? 13. What is North America’s largest native berry? (Hint: starts with P.) 14. On Feb. 21, 1902, the Stanley brothers incorporate d the Stanley Motor Carriage Company in Maine; what legendary car did it make? 15. Which bird lives longest: albatross, eagle or penguin? 16. Recordings of mating tortoises were used to make dinosaur noises in what movie? 17. What has hen-of-the-wood and oyster varieties? 18. What football coach said, “If you aren’t fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm”? (Hint: initials VL.) 19. Which country exports the most coffee? 20. The expression “strong suit” comes from what card game? Answers on page 21 ~ LEGAL NOTICE ~ COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS THE TRIAL COURT PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT Middlesex Probate and Family Court 208 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02141 (617) 768-5800 Docket No. MI18P6386EA Estate of: Kevin Thomas Tully Also known as: Kevin T. Tully Date of Death: 10/26/2018 CITATION ON PETITION FOR FORMAL ADJUDICATION To all interested persons: A petition for Formal Probate of Will with Appointment of Personal Representative by: Mark G. Tully of Foxboro, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. The Petitioner requests that: Mark G. Tully of Foxboro, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond in an unsupervised administration. IMPORTANT NOTICE You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object a written appearance and objection at this Court before: 10:00 a.m. on the return day of 03/08/2019. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you thirty (30) days of the return day, action may be taken without further notice to you. UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM PROBATE CODE (MUPC) A Personal Representative appointed under the MUPC in inventory or annual accounts with the Court. Persons interested in the estate are entitled to notice regarding the administration directly from the Personal Representative and may petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including the distribution of assets and expenses of administration. WITNESS, Hon. Edward F. Donnelly, Jr., First Justice of this Court. Date: February 08, 2019 TARA E. DeCRISTOFARO REGISTER OF PROBATE February 15, 2019 Beacon Hill Roll Call By Bob Katzen THE HOUSE AND SENATE: There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week. A BEACON HILL ROLL CALL EXCLUSIVE BLINDLY FOLLOW THE LEADER? - The House uses a large electronic voting board that shows how each representative votes on a roll call. Members press a button at their desks and their vote appears next to their name on the board for everyone to see. When a representative votes “yes,” a green light appears next to his or her name. When he or she votes “no,” a red light appears next to his or her name. On January 30, the House was debating the joint rules under which the House and Senate would operate in 2019-2020. House Speaker Bob DeLeo (DWinthrop) rarely presides over a session and this day was no different as Rep. Tom Petrolati (DLudlow) was the acting speaker and the presiding offi cer calling the shots. As the debate dragged on, House GOP Minority Leader Brad Jones (R-North Reading) off ered an amendment that would repeal a rule, used for the fi rst time in 2018 that prohibited the appointment of a conference committee after July 17, 2018. A conference committee is a six-member committee appointed by the House speaker and the Senate president to work out a compromise version of a bill when the House and Senate approve diff erent versions of the measure. Jones spoke in favor of his amendment and no one spoke against it. His amendment seemed non-controversial. Rep. Jones said that the new rule, pushed by the Senate leadership in the rules adopted for the previous two-year session, was designed to have more legislation acted upon and more transparency. The rule forces lawmakers to appoint a conference committee well before July 31 after which the rules basically make it impossible to appoint a conference committee because the House and Senate meet only in brief, informal sittings a couple of days a week until the annual session ends at the beginning of January 2019. The rationale was that a conference committee often takes weeks to hammer out a compromise bill and any committee appointed after July 17 would likely not have time to reach an agreement. Critics say that the new rule backfired and failed to accomplish its intent. Each branch had approved diff erent versions of an important $666 million economic development package but it was after July 17 – too late to appoint a conference committee under the new rule. The House and Senate on July 23 began meeting behind closed doors and then sending diff erent versions of the bill to each other until the Senate ended up accepting a new House version which neither House or Senate members had any time to read. Despite that, on July 31, the House approved the package 151-0 and the Senate passed it 36-0. Gov. Baker signed the bill after vetoing several sections. Seconds after the roll call on the Jones amendment began, Acting Speaker Petrolati and Speaker DeLeo both voted “no” and a red light appeared next to their names. According to House rules, the acting speaker (Petrolati) actually casts the vote for the speaker and a court offi cer casts the vote for the acting speaker. As is often the case, many Democrats quickly took their cue from DeLeo and Petrolati and voted “no” as well. This is not an uncommon occurrence in the House. In this case it was at least 63 Democrats who played “follow the leader” and voted “no.” As the board began to fi ll up with “no” votes, Petrolati apparently took notice and talked into a microphone he didn’t know was on. “It’s a yes?” “Switch ‘em. Yes, yes, yes, yes yes, Mikey,” shouted Petrolati to Division Leader Mike Moran. Suddenly, DeLeo and Petrolati’s votes switched to “yes.” And then all 63 Democrat who had initially voted “no” suddenly switched his or her vote to “yes.” The House’s only unenrolled non-party affi liated member Susannah Whipps (U-Athol) had also voted “no” and then switched to “yes.” There may have been more than 63 Democrats who fi rst voted “no.” While the “no” votes appeared on the electronic voting board for a brief time, once the switchers changed their vote to “yes,” there was no longer a permanent record of the “no” vote. Beacon Hill Roll Call watched a videotape of the session in order to see who voted “no” at the beginning. The camera pans the scoreboard a few times but there is no guarantee we were able to spot every red light. You can see the story unfold by watching the video of the January 30 House session at https:// malegislature.gov/Events/Sessions/Detail/3297. Fast forward on the counter to 5:35:49 and watch it until 5:37:39. It all happened in a little over two minutes. To the reader and viewer, this appears that these 63 Democrats simply watched how DeLeo and Petrolati voted and blindly followed their lead and voted “no.” And then switched to “yes” when DeLeo and Petrolati switched to “yes.” Did these 63 even know what they were voting on? Did they care? What would cause them to switch their votes other than they decided to follow the “suggestion” of the speaker? Beaco n Hill Roll Call set out to find the answers and over the course of three days, sent two emails to each of the 63 Democrats who had fl ip-fl opped. The only response was from Rep. Paul Donato, a member of the leadership team who also usually acts as the acting speaker and presides over the sessions. Donato gave a brief explanation basically saying that there was confusion surrounding the vote and some members mistakenly voted “no” and then had to switch to “yes.” Not a single one of the other 63 representative responded to our e-mails. Beacon Hill Roll Call also reached out twice via e-mail to the four key players in this incident: House Speaker Bob DeLeo, Acting Speaker Tom Petrolati, House Minority Leader Brad Jones and Rep. “Mikey” Moran. None of them responded to our e-mails. Here a re the 63 Democratic representatives and one unaffi liated non-party member who switched their votes from “no” to “yes.” James Arciero (D-Westford), Brian Ashe (D-Longmeadow), Bruce Ayers (D-Quincy), Christine Barber (D-Somerville), John Barrett (D-North Adams), Jennifer Benson (D-Lunenburg), David Biele (D-South Boston), Antonio Cabral (D-New Bedford), Daniel Cahill (DLynn), Daniel Carey (D- Easthampton), Gerard Cassidy (D-Brockton), Michelle Ciccolo (D-Lexington), Claire Cronin (D-Easton), Daniel Cullinane (D-Boston), Mark Cusack (D-Braintree), Marcos Devers (D-Lawrence), Daniel Donahue (D-Worcester), Paul J. Donato (D-Medford), Michelle DuBois (D-Brockton), Carolyn Dykema (D-Holliston), Lori Ehrlich (DMarblehead), Dylan Fernandes (D-Falmouth), Carole Fiola (DFall River), Sean Garballey (D-Arlington), Colleen Garry (D-Dracut), Kenneth Gordon (D-Bedford), Jim Hawkins (D-Attleboro), Stephan Hay (D-Fitchburg), Jonathan Hecht (D-Watertown), Kevin Honan (D-Boston), Louis Kafka (DSharon), Mary Keefe (D-Worcester), John Lawn (D-Watertown), David LeBoeuf (D-Worcester), Jack Lewis (D-Framingham), David Linsky (D-Natick), Jay Livingstone (DBoston), Elizabeth Malia (D-Boston), Ronald Mariano (D-Quincy), Paul Mark (D-Peru), Christo
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