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Giannino and McKenna make history By Sara Brown
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ity councillors Jessica Giannino and Joanne McKenna made history during the city’s Inaugural Exercises becoming the first woman duo in Revere to lead the city council. On Monday, January 1, the council voted unanimously in favor of Giannino becoming council president and McKenna becoming vice president. In the initial vote, all of the councillors with the exceptions of McKenna, Patrick Keefe and John Powers voted for Giannino. Giannino said she can’t wait to be council president again. “It is always an honor to do this and I promise to do my best,” she said.“This is my seventh year on the council and to be elected president twice is a pretty big deal.” She said it was also an honor to be a part of Revere history. “I think it is great we have two women leading the council and I think we are going to accomplish a lot this year,” she said. “I think this is big for Revere and Revere City Clerk Ashley Melnik (left) and State Rep. RoseLee Vincent (right) are shown the little girls growing up here congratulating new Council President Jessica Giannino (second from left) and Vice President that want to be a part of poliJoanne McKenna during the city’s inauguration ceremonies Monday at City Hall. tics. It’s breaking the glass ceil-
Commission concerned by lack of safety guidelines at establishment By Sara Brown
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he License Commission expressed their concerns about a manger’s presence at a restaurant - or lack thereof. At the Dec. 20 meeting, the commission held a hearing over concerns about the Centennial Ave. restaurant Cinco De Mayo failing to have crowd management and pro-
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vide the required fire and safety checklist. The manager’s daughter, Maria Rodriguez was at the meeting in place of her father who couldn’t attend because he was in the hospital. The incidents happened during a Halloween event. According to Rodriguez, the fire alarm was set off due to a fog machine in the res-
taurant. The fire department told the restaurant that they shouldn’t use the machine. However, later that same night, the DJ put on the fog machine again causing the alarm to go off and the fire department to go to the restaurant for the second time that night. That’s when they
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discovered they didn’t have a crowd manager or the safety checklist. “There seems to be a lack of management,” Chairman Rober t Selevitch said. “It doesn’t seem you are in control of this place.”
ing in a way.” Giannino said one of her big focuses this year is passing a comprehensive billboard ordinance. “We started working on it last year and we want to pass it this year,” she said. “The amount of billboards in the city is crazy so it is important to have this done.” She also wants to look at zoning ordinances and parking ordinances in the city. “When it comes to zoning, it is important that we have the right zoning laws that attract the right kind of businesses to Revere,” she said. “Also, we need to look at how they impact residents. We have been working on this and still will work on this year.” When it comes to parking, she said the council needs to look at it as ward-by-ward issues. “There are parking issues everywhere but they are unique to every community,” she said. “We need to look at them individually if we want to make a difference.” McKenna said she was honored to receive a unanimous vote of support from her col-
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