Page 8 THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, March 14, 2025 MARKEY | FROM PAGE 1 capacity-full Jenkins and another 1,000 in the overflow school cafeterias inside the school. There was not a parking space to be found in probably a mile radius of the Town Hall site, which had a large law enforcement presence of Malden, State and Capitol Police on hand. In addition to the decidedly pro-Markey crowd were some feisty protestors representing both sides of Markey also pointed to looming cuts at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, which is set to get rid of as many as 80,000 workers. “We are not going to allow him to dismantle a system which is put in place in order to give the protections for those people,” Markey said. Markey ended Saturday’s Maldonians, shown from left to right: Ward 5 School Committee Member Elizabeth Hortie, Ward 8 School Committee Member Sharon Rose-Zeiberg, Ward 7 School Committee Member Keith Bernard, State Representatives Steve Ultrino and Paul Donato, Ward 4 Councillor Ryan O’Malley, former Ward 7 Councillor Neal Anderson, State Representative Kate Lipper-Garabedian, Ward 2 School Committee Member Rob McCarthy, Ward 6 Councillor Stephen Winslow and Councillor-At-Large Carey McDonald. J. Trump. The protestors went back-and-forth loudly and vocally outside on Salem Street, in front of the high school, while the event took place inside. While Senator Markey, who Mayor Gary Christenson welcomed guests. grew up in Malden's Edgeworth neighborhood on Townsend Street— still maintaining the family homestead as a residence there— spent most of his twohour-plus stop in the Jenkins Auditorium, he did take time to visit those in the "overflow" areas in the school's cafeterias. Most of Markey's time at State Senator Jason Lewis fielded questions out of a basket. the political spectrum. There were those supporting the progressive agenda put forth by Democrat Senator Markey as well as those backing the platforms and directives of Republican U.S. President Donald t the Town Hall was spent addressing what he said was “the ground-level impact of the massive federal funding and staffing cuts" pursued by President Trump and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk. Repeating a familiar Democratic criticism, Markey said Trump and Musk were "usurping Congress' power of the purse," which is enumerated in the U.S. Constitution. Environmental League of Massachusetts Vice President of Government Affairs Casey Bowers said we need to rely on clean energy. MARCHETTI CORP. 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That is absolutely essential.” Senator Markey said he would be "one of the many leading the Shown from left to right: Mayor Gary Christenson, Ward 2 School Committee Member Rob McCarthy, Mayor’s Office Administrative Officer Kathleen Manning Hall, State Representatives Steven Ultrino and Paul Donato and Revere Mayor Patrick Keefe listen. charge in Congress" and “on the floor of the House and Senate. We have to fight hard. We have to block, we have to block, block, block, block." Markey opened the town hall with a panel of advocates who addressed, in turn, the home state impact of Trump’s health care, education, and environmental policies. “DOGE,” Markey said tongue in cheek, really stands for “Department of Gutting Everything.” President/Chief Executive Officer of the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers Dr. Michael Currey, Esq. said the average wait time in an emergency room is five hours – even before Donald Trump became President. Malden High School senior Natalie Keating sang the National Anthem. event by encouraging the crowd to speak out to their elected officials, even as he promised to lead the charge in Washington. “The fight for this country right now is the fight for working-class Malden, and it is the fight for all of Massachusetts. Because Donald Trump is targeting us – our economy, our workers, our way of life – with his executive orders, closures, and illegal funding freezes and firings," Sen. Markey continued, Mass. American Federation of Teachers President Jessica Tang, who is a middle school teacher, said 7.5 million students nationwide with disabilities could lose access to services. "That’s why in the courtrooms, in the halls of Congress, in boardrooms, at the ballot box, and on the streets, we need to make our voices heard and stand up to unconstitutional power grabs.” Shown from left to right: Melrose Mayor Jennifer Grigoraitis, Medford Mayor Breanna Lungo-Koehn and Revere Mayor Patrick Keefe. FLEET H n i a Prices subject to change a p py S
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