THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, JULY 10, 2020 Page 17 HEALTH | FROM PAGE 6 With this year’s legislative session ending this month, and with many of these issues unaddressed, it’s likely that the next State Representative will have to tackle some of these challenges right away when the DIRECTOR | FROM PAGE 1 Still, Zambuto said he has no problems with a Human Rights Commission if it is run properly. “I think it could be very useful,” he said. Councillor-at-Large Gerry Visconti thanked Mayor Brian Arrigo for reestablishing what he said is an important and muchneeded commission. But like Zambuto, Visconti said he wants more information about the commission. “I’m not saying that Ms. Rana is not qualifi ed; I just think that during these times we need to make sure we do things right,” said Visconti, who made the motion to table the appointment. Nearly two dozen residents logged into the meeting. Almost all those who spoke praised Rana’s work in the community and slammed councillors for dragging their feet on the appointment. As director of the Healthy Community Initiatives, she oversees the city’s youth jobs program, the farmer’s market, outreach for the census, the community gardens and the Revere on the Move program. More recently she has been involved in community response programs created to address needs that have arisen as a result of COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to hearing councillors table her appointment as head of the Human Rights Commission, Rana listened as they cut a proposed $9,866 pay raise that was part of her promotion as the city’s Director of Outreach. GRAFFITI | FROM PAGE 1 on a wall at City Hall. “ROTONDO, ZAMBUTO, WE ARE WATCHING,” it read. Zambuto downplayed the incident and said it might have been in response to his opposition to Massachusetts becoming a sanctuary state. Although he admitted he was vehemently opposed to the idea, he also said his statements were twisted and given an ugly rewrite by local activists who favored a sanctuary state. And he feels the smears attributed to him have stuck. Zambuto conceded he was taken aback by the graffi ti. “It certainly looked like a threat,” he said. Rotondo also dismissed the graffi ti as juvenile and said he’s accustomed to political attacks. new session starts in 2021. I am ready to roll up my sleeves and get to work on these important priorities. —Joe Gravellese is a candidate for State Representative in the 16th Suff olk District, running in the Democratic Primary on September 1. Councillors cut eight proposed raises for city employees Arrigo wants to serve in his newly established cabinet. Councillors have said they support the new positions, but the raises were unjustifi able in a city with a 25 percent unemployment rate. “I just want to point out that it’s a bit unfair,” Rana told the Appointments Committee. “I am the only department head of color who continues to take on more work without the raise I need,” she said. Rana said she was glad her appointment hearing was covered by The Boston Globe, which said the meeting “illuminates the hostility with which some white people are confronting emerging racial reform eff orts after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.” Rana told The Globe that the meeting was just one example of how the council treats her unfairly, which she assumes is due to her gender and race. But Rotondo, who clashed with Rana on immigration policies and other issues during last November’s election season when they were both running for seats on the council, said that assumption is wrong. “I don’t care who you are or what color you are,” he said. “I’m just opposed to someone using the Human Rights Commission as a political football.” The Appointments Committee will review Rana’s appointment to lead the new Human Rights Commission on July 27, prior to the next scheduled meeting of the City Council. “What saddens me is the community leaders who were at that rally allowed that to take place,” he said. However, several days later during a City Council Appointments Subcommittee meeting, Moukhabir, who spoke in favor of reinstating Revere’s Human Rights Commission, spent several minutes praising the qualifi - cations and accomplishments of Dimple Rana, who was tapped by Mayor Brian Arrigo to lead it. Moukhabir ended by recognizing the unsettling graffi ti. “Finally, I would like to apologize for any inappropriate language that was written on the walls last Friday,” he said. “It does not represent any of the organizers of the rally.” “That seemed really heartfelt,” said Rotondo. * Crack Repairing * Pot Hole Filling * Striping Handicapped Spaces * Free Estimates Tom’s Seal Coating Call Gary: 978-210-4012 AAA Service • Lockouts Trespass Towing • Roadside Service Junk Car Removal 617-387-6877 26 Garvey St., Everett MDPU 28003 ICCMC 251976 Revere 1. What poet – the fi rst published colonial writer/female poet – wrote “verses upon the burning of our house, July 10, 1666,” in North Andover, Mass.? 2. Where is Mile Zero on U.S. Highway 1? 3. What breed of dog is a schnoodle? 4. On July 11, 1767, what sixth U.S. president was born in Braintree, Mass.? 5. What Italian puppet appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show? 6. What was July named for? 7. On July 12, 1909, Congress approved the 16th Amendment, which gives the power to tax what? 8. Where is the 150-mile “Marathon des Sables” held? 9. What galaxy contains earth’s solar system? 10. On July 13, 1871, at London’s Crystal Palace, was the fi rst offi cial show of what animal? 11. What is a cygnet? 12. In what state is Waterproof, a village that has been drowned several times by the Mississippi River? 13. What does “four score and seven” in the Gettysburg Address mean? 14. On July 14, 1864, gold was discovered at Last Chance Gulch (now “Queen City of the Rockies”) in what state? 15. In 1833 what dictionary author published a “corrected” version of the Bible? 16. What plant with thorny purple blooms is an edible weed? 17. On July 15, 2006, what social media platform based in San Francisco started? 18. What has an eye, a shank and a barb? 19. What do swallowtail, fritillary and tortoiseshell have in common? 20. On July 16, 1907, what agronomist was born whose name is a brand of popcorn? ANSWERS 1. Anne Bradstreet 2. Key West, Fla. 3. A cross between a schnauzer and a poodle 4. John Quincy Adams 5. Topo Gigio 6. Julius Caesar 7. Income 8. The Sahara Desert 9. The Milky Way 10. Cats 11. A baby swan 12. Louisiana 13. 87 – the then number of years since 1776 14. Montana (Helena) 15. Noah Webster 16. Thistle 17. Twitter 18. A fi sh hook 19. They are butterfl y names. 20. Orville Redenbacher
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