THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2021 Page 7 ~ LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR ~ Rotondo opposes using Quality Inn as homeless shelter Dear Editor: I stand shoulder to shoulder with Mayor Arrigo and all of my Colleagues in Revere City Government against acting Mayor Janey and the Boston Public Health Commission’s attempt to create a homeless shelter at the Quality Inn in West Revere. Acting Mayor Janey’s ineffective leadership and disingenuous comments recently made to the Boston media of regional homelessness in a Boston neighborhood from what the press calls Methadone Mile a regional issue is just fl at out nonsense. If acting Mayor Janey and the Boston Public Health Commission honestly believe that homelessness is a severe regional issue (which it is), then the best approach, in my experience, would have been to have the acting Mayor contact the surrounding municipality’s leadership (Brookline, Winthrop, Saugus, Cambridge, Chelsea, Dedham, Everett, Milton, Newton, Needham, Quincy, Revere, Somerville, Watertown and Westwood) and develop a regional task force with support from the state to create a regional solution. Instead, she lacks leadership, and her behavior exemplifi es the not in my backyard attitude of an untrustworthy partner in fi ghting any initiative moving forward. Further, her lack of vision ignores the plight of those stricken with substance abuse disorder living in the substandard conditions in Boston. Last I checked, Revere does not have a hospital, an addiction treatment center; whereas Boston is the health care mecca of the world. So, let’s call out Acting Mayor Janey’s BS for what it is, the next phase of the city of Boston’s gentrifi cation plan (South End) from the area described by the media as Methadone Mile. What troubles me is the lack of transparency considering Acting Mayor Janey’s husband is one of the largest contractors in the city of Boston. If you go to the Boston Planning and development agency you will see all the projects underway from Albany Street to South Hampton Street to South Bay, all steps from Methadone mile. Considering her husband is a major contractor and her apparent lack of transparency it does not surprise me. She is dumping the most vulnerable of society into a hotel isolated next to Kappys liquor. That said, as an ICU nurse, I do not know of any studies that suggest warehousing people in a hotel in Revere next to a Liquor store is a tremendous public health solution. However, if the wizards led by Acting Mayor Janey believed this was the best solution, then why did they not choose the numerous hotels located in the city of Boston? If Boston truly wants to work on homelessness and addiction as a fundamental regional issue, let’s have an open dialogue between all regional stakeholders in the public and LETTER | SEE Page 10 George Rotondo is 100% against Boston turning Revere into a drug treatment facility Boston’s acting-mayor Janey is failing the homeless and those with substance abuse disorder and her attempt at warehousing them at the Quality Inn in Revere. As an ICU Nurse, I don’t remember any study that promotes warehousing the homeless and those with substance abuse disorder in a hotel. Revere is willing to work with all its neighbors for a regional solution to homelessness and addiction. I refuse to let Revere be dumped on by Boston. AUTOTECH DRIVE IT - PUSH IT - TOW IT! Cold Hard Cash for Your Vehicle! RIVE IT - PUSH IT - TOW IT $$ CASH FOR YOUR CAR, TRUCK OR SUV! $$ Get your vehicle Winter Ready! We offer a Winter Inspection Service that includes: • Oil Filter Change • Anti-Freeze Check • Complete Safety Check Only $39.95 2012 KIA SPORTAGE All Wheel Drive, Most Power Options, Runs Great, Only 95K Miles, Warranty! TRADES WELCOME! $11,900 Financing Available! 1236 EasternAve • Malden EddiesAutotech.com (Most vehicles) 2010 NISSAN ALTIMA Loaded, Leather Interior, Just Serviced, Warranty, Runs Beautiful, Only 160K Miles! TRADES WELCOME! (781) 321-8841 • (617) 571-9869 Easy For Your Vehicle! $5,995 We Pay Cash RE-ELECT ROTONDO REVERE CITY COUNCILOR AT LARGE (Paid Pol. Adv.) Like us on Facebook advocate newspaper Facebook.com/Advocate.news.ma GEORGE
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