Page 2 THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2022 ~ GUEST COMMENTARY ~ MassDOT is at it again with Street “Makeovers” By Sal Giarratani he Mass Department of Transportation is at it again with bringing its plan to remake the Revere portion of Bennington Street between Beachmont T and Suffolk Downs Blue Line Stations in its ongoing push crafting a statewide bicycle path network to protect and encourage more folks to bike it everywhere they can. MassDOT says it would reduce carbon emissions, MARCHETTI CORP. On behalf of the Marchei Family, ha a Safe & Prosperous New Year! DIESEL TRUCK STOP Latest Seasonally Unadjusted Unemployment and Job Estimates for Local Labor Markets in Massachusetts BOSTON, MA— December 20, 2022 - Local unemployment rates increased in seven labor market areas, decreased in fourteen areas and remained unchanged in three labor market areas in the state during the month of November compared to October, the Executive Offi ce of Labor and Workforce Development reported. Compared to November 2021, the rates were down in twenty-four labor market areas. Of the fi fteen areas for which employment estimates are published, ten NECTA areas gained jobs compared to the previous month. The largest increases occurred in the Leominster-Gardner (+1.1%), Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton (+0.7%), and Framingham (+0.7%) areas. From November 2021 to November 2022, fourteen areas gained jobs with the largest percentage increases seen in the Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford MANH (+6.0%), Boston-CambridgeNewton (+5.2%), and Leominster-Gardner (+4.7%) areas. The statewide seasonally adjusted preliminary jobs estimate showed an increase of 17,300 jobs in November, and an over-the-year gain of 144,200 jobs. In order to compare the statewide rate to local unemployment rates, the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates the statewide unadjusted unemployment rate for November 2022 was 2.9 percent, down one-tenth of a percentage point from the revised October estimate and fi ve-tenths of a percentage point below the nation’s unadjusted unemployment rate of 3.4 percent. Last week, the Executive Offi ce of Labor and Workforce Development reported the statewide seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the month of November 2022 was 3.4 percent, down one-tenth of a percentage point from the revised October 2022 estimate of 3.5 percent. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the nation’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for November 2022 was 3.7 percent. The unadjusted unemployment rates and job estimates for the labor market areas refl ect seasonal fl uctuations and therefore may show different levels and trends than the statewide seasonally adjusted estimates. The estimates for labor force, unemployment rates, and jobs for Massachusetts are based on diff erent statistical methodology specifi ed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. TRAFFIC and promote public health. This state agency has been visiting cities and towns explaining how good these new project designs will enhance our quality of life. I capitalize TRAFFIC because this is what Massport and the woke climate fanatics want to address: how to get more people out of their cars and onto bikes or public transportation. Is this really about street safety improvements or just the latest scam from those who want to eliminate all fossil fueled vehicles? Bennington Street by the Belle Isle Marsh may indeed slow down traffi c, but I don’t believe speed is the real rationale behind things. The real reason I believe is to slowly make driving so inconvenient that motorists will gladly give up their fossil-fuel vehicles or more likely it will chase people away from these benevolent makeovers for our own good. How does driving slower on skinnier roads reduce carbon emissions? Also, what happens when more motorists move over to Route 16 or 1A? You can bet this idea will have more than a few unintended consequences. Oh, by the way, what happens on Bennington Street going southward toward Boston? Will folks at Boston City Hall like those at MassDOT pick up the idea to shrink Bennington Street from Bennington Street in Orient Heights down to Day Square and 1A to the Williams and Sumner Tunnels? Eventually, the future of Bennington Street could be one long parking lot in the a.m. and p.m. rush hours. Now is the time for folks in Revere and East Boston to pay close attention because making over our roads and reimagining the future won’t necessarily be done with our best interests at heart. I stopped believing in the tooth fairy a very long time ago. Question everything they throw at us. Make them prove things to us. Who knows what disinformation looks like anymore? Time for our elected offi cials to stand up for us. It is really getting harder for any of us to take anything at face value anymore, isn’t it?
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