Tuesday, January 8, 2013
School Committee member Beverley Griffin Dunne says she will continue the same type of "outstanding" constituent services Joyce Spiliotis was renowned for and pledges that cornerstone of service will be to listen and act on local needs and concerns.
Late Monday, Beverley Griffin Dunne publicly announced her candidacy for the open state representative seat in Peabody, pledging to follow in the late Joyce Spiliotis' footsteps on constituent service and place the needs and concerns of Peabody's citizenry at the forefront of her work. "Her [Spiliotis'] dedication to the people of Peabody -- young families, senior citizens and everyone in between -- and her attention to their needs is a model I pledge to follow," said Dunne in a press release. "The cornerstone of my service will be to listen and to act on your needs and concerns." Dunne, a School Committee member for the past 10 years and a local attorney, said she'll also be focused on making sure Peabody gets its fair share of government…
Friday, September 7, 2012
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Salem's Joan Lovely won the Democratic party candidacy for state Senate yesterday in a landslide, handily taking four out of five communities except for Peabody to earn 50 percent of the vote. The Tanner City, which is the largest city in the district, heavily went in favor of hometown favorite John Slattery, 2,324 to Lovely's 1,487, but it wasn't enough to close the gap for Slattery, who finished behind Lovely in the race with 30 percent of the vote. He was trailed by fellow Peabodyite Mary-Ellen Manning (17 percent) and Edward Carroll of Salem (2 percent). Lovely, in comparison, won big in her hometown of Salem, 3,260 to Slattery's 735 votes. And back in Peabody, she did win one precinct as well by 15 votes -- Brooksby Village. Manning …
Slattery said he felt like his team ran a good campaign and had lots of support throughout the district, the final result, however, was not as he had hoped.
Former Peabody state Rep. John Slattery was gracious to both his main opponents in the Senate race Thursday night as he made his concession speech at the Peabody Ancient Order of Hibernians Hall. Slattery, who finished well behind Salem city councilor Joan Lovely in the Democratic primary, commended Lovely particularly for her hard work over the past several months. According to total vote counts, Lovely won with 7,450, Slattery came in second with 4,418, Mary-Ellen Manning picked up 2,610 and Edward Carroll received 309. "I think Joan Lovely will probably be the next state senator. She worked hard and she ran a good campaign, so congratulations to Joan," Slattery told a roomful of supporters, as it became apparent he trailed Lovely by too…
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Peabody's Joyce Spiliotis formally announces her support of John Slattery, whom she actually succeeded in the Mass. House of Representatives.
The irony of the situation is likely not lost on John Slattery, in fact, it's a bit like a role reversal. Yesterday, he announced that his successor as Peabody's state representative formally endorsed him in his run for the state Senate. Peabody native Joyce Spiliotis, who has held the 12th Essex District seat in the House since 2003, said Slattery is the only candidate in the race that has the "experience needed to fill the loss created by the retirement of Sen. Fred Berry." She said that's precisesly because of Slattery's prior four terms on Beacon Hill. Spiliotis ascended to the House via the Peabody City Council when Slattery left his seat to run for Lieutenant Governor on the Democratic ticket in 2002. Slattery also served on the …
The four Democratic candidates for state Senate answer a series of questions on local issues in the district.
As a final piece of our election coverage of the 2nd Essex District Senate race leading up to Thursday's primary, we've asked each of the four Democratic candidates a series of questions on local issues. Here are their answers in order of topic and response: Patch: What is your vision for the future of the Salem Harbor Power Station site? Edward Carroll: My vision for Salem, Peabody, Danvers, Beverly and the rest of the district is to lower the property taxes and bring more job opportunities to the region. At one time Salem was the leading seaport on the East Coast and brought tremendous financial revenues through the international trade. Salem could easily become, once again, the crown jewel. Salem has easy access because of the trains, …
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Campaign finance reports, which were submitted Aug. 29, show Lovely brought in nearly double the contributions of her opponents.
She didn’t have the largest war chest coming into the race, but Salem city councilor Joan Lovely does now, after amassing nearly double her opponents’ campaign donations as she seeks the Senate seat for the 2nd Essex District. According to pre-primary campaign finance reports filed yesterday with the state Office of Campaign and Political Finance, Lovely has brought in $82,708 since Jan. 1, although $26,313 of that amount was a loan she made to her campaign on Feb. 15. By far, most of the individual donations to Lovely’s campaign came from Salem residents and business owners. Of a few hundred contributors, only about 50 were from Peabody, Beverly, Danvers or Topsfield in total. Among Lovely’s financial supporters are Salem state Rep. John …
Friday, August 24, 2012
The four Democrats running to replace retiring Sen. Fred Berry in the 2nd Essex District stopped by Brooksby Village in Peabody for a candidate forum Thursday.
The four Democratic candidates for state Senate continued to sound the same campaign themes Thursday in a forum at Brooksby Village, now just two weeks away from the September state primary. By the end of the hour-long event, approximately 100 seniors had stopped in to listen to the candidates speak – each person was allotted 15 minutes. “I’m the only candidate with a plan,” said Salem’s Edward Carroll, going first. He went on to explain his signature campaign proposal for a hotel and casino resort at the site of the Salem power plant instead of Footprint Power bringing in its natural gas facility. Carroll, a retired Essex County deputy sheriff and one-term Governor’s Councilor, said his plan takes advantage of Salem’s deep-water harbor to…
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Friday, August 17, 2012
John Slattery fielded a wide range of questions from readers on Thursday.
State Senate candidate John Slattery talked government spending, budget priorities, undocumented workers, the Salem power plant, medical marijuana and more Thursday in a live chat with Patch readers. klassysalem: I saw your comments on SATV the other day. Is there a relationship between your comment that government spending has been cut to the bone, with no waste, and the fact that you've been endorsed by so many public employee unions? What should those endorsements tell me, as someone who has to fund those public union salaries? John Slattery: I don't think there is any question that the state legislature has worked for the past several years to eliminate waste and duplication from the budget. They have enacted reforms to the pension …
The four Democrats seeking to win the party's nomination for the Second Essex District seat in the Sept. 6 primary debated at Beverly High School on Thursday night.
Is “revenue enhancement” a code word for taxes? That was one of the questions up for debate on Thursday night by the Democratic Party candidates for state Senate in the Second Essex District, which includes Peabody. It also encompasses Salem, Beverly, Danvers and Topsfield. “You’ll be hearing that a lot tonight,” said Mary-Ellen Manning, after fellow Democrat John Slattery said, in response to a question, that the state needs to invest more in public transportation. Manning said she is against raising taxes to increase funding to important programs. "I don't think that's the first solution, I think that's the last solution," she said, later adding that she instead favors eliminating duplicate services and pork-barrel projects. But Slattery…
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Have a question for John Slattery? Ask it here.
Attorney and former Peabody state representative and city councilor John Slattery is chatting live with Patch readers today from 2-3 p.m. Slattery is running for the 2nd Essex District seat in the state Senate.
Ima Voter
10:51 pm on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
You know what...fresh faces should mean fresh ideas. When I read "pledging to follow in the late Joyce Spiliotis' footsteps on constituent service and place the needs and concerns of Peabody's citizenry at the forefront of her work." I get the sense Ms. Dunne is just another bobblehead. more ›