THE PEABODY ADVOCATE - Friday, September 29, 2017
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~ Candidate Profile ~
Jeffrey chasing Ward 5 City Council seat By Christopher Roberson
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resident of Ward 5 since 1984, James Jeffrey has always kept his ear tuned to the political rumblings around Peabody. In doing so, he found countless examples of residents getting the runaround from the City Council over simple matters. “They don’t want to help the constituents; they have their own agendas,” said Jeffrey. “I’m hearing that they do nothing; taxes keep going up, but nothing gets done.” Therefore, Jeffrey declared his first-time candidacy on April 14 to run against Joel Saslaw, the incumbent Ward 5 councillor and council president. “I’ve got a big mouth and big shoulders and everybody in the city knows it,” said Jeffrey, adding that integrity and common sense are two qualities that he has over Saslaw. In addition, Jeffrey said he has always been the kind of person who is there to help someone in a difficult situation. “You call me at 10 at night, I’ll be there at 10:05,” he said. Jeffrey has also gained an in-depth understanding of the construction industry, having been a South Boston ironworker for a number of years.“I know the construction industry 100 percent,” he said. He said the same level of knowledge is lacking at City Hall. “I call the Mayor’s Office and they’ve got some college boy answering the phone who never got his hands dirty,” said Jeffrey. He said some of the greatest challenges facing Ward 5
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include overdevelopment, traffic and the compost smell that drifts across the ward from the
Northeast Nursery Garden Center. Regarding overdevelopment, Jeffrey said the amount of construction has continued to spiral out of control.“They’ve got to stop building in Ward 5, it’s built out,” he said. The smell from Northeast Nursery is something, Jeffrey said, that the city has acted on, appearing in court up to eight times. Yet, city officials have not been successful in getting a court order for the nursery to eliminate the smell.
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