'We Need to Get More Aspirational'
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THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 2018 Trains and boats and plain economics, in transportation ... ‘We need to get more aspirational’ ITEM FILE PHOTO ITEM FILE PHOTO One of the recommendations a report prepared by “A Better City” was Transportation advocates say the extension of the MBTA’s Blue Line to “use the harbor.” However, ferry service to Boston out of Lynn was from Revere’s Wonderland Station to Lynn is the key to revitalizing the discontinued this year as the state would not help fund it. downtown and easing traf c into Boston. STEVE KRAUSE COMMENTARY Future Time to points think big to ferry, “We have to get more aspi- rational.” Those are the words of trains transportation expert Rich- ard A. Dimino, president By Thor Jourgensen and CEO of A Better City, ITEM EDITORIAL DIRECTOR whose mission is to enhance the region’s economic health, LYNN — Electric trains competitiveness, vibrancy, and ferry service to Boston sustainability and quality are the transportation en- of life. gines that can accelerate Let those words roll Lynn’s economy and put its around in your head for a waterfront into overdrive, few minutes. Think about transit experts told city lead- what they mean. ers and residents Wednes- Dimino said them Wednes- day. day at a forum at the Lynn Mayor Thomas M. McGee Museum on ways to im- led the discussion at the prove transportation in and Lynn Museum. He invited around Lynn. To me, “we Alden Raine, an engineer have to get more aspira- with Los Angeles-based mul- tional” means we have to tinational rm AECOM, and think big. We have to think Richard A. Dimino, CEO of A outside the box. We have to Better City, to amplify on a stop making excuses and point McGee has repeatedly nding reasons why we hammered home. can’t undertake projects and “The reality is we are 45th start nding ways to pay for in the country in terms of them. transit investment. You can’t Truer words were never make reforms a reality with- spoken. I’m sure all of us out investing in the system,” have encountered the dread- McGee said. ed bean-counters. They keep Raine invited his audience to view the MBTA not as a $2 KRAUSE, A7 billion transit system with crippling debt and spotty service, but as a transit en- gine generating $11.4 billion Baker won’t spend the money for upgrade in economic bene ts by keep- ing drivers off the road and By Thomas Grillo improvements. The measure is embroiled in a court ght lessening the need for new ITEM STAFF In a speech to the Massachusetts GOP ear- and Baker won’t comment, he said, until it highways. lier this year, Baker said he supports reduc- is settled. “All these savings get LYNN — Choose your number on what it ing the sales tax. The Retailers Association In addition, Baker pivoted on taxing pushed back into the econo- will take to x the Bay State’s broken trans- of Massachusetts has proposed a ballot ques- Airbnbs. First, the governor said he would my,” Raine said. portation infrastructure: $15 billion or $20 tion that would lower the tax from 6.25 to 5 support a proposal passed by the state Sen- Reviving ferry service from billion. percent. ate to increase the state’s Earned Income Tax Lynn to Boston and bring- No matter the amount, one thing seems Analysts say the reduction would reduce Credit, which bene ts low- and middle-in- ing electric rail service with clear: Gov. Charlie Baker won’t raise taxes to the cash-strapped state’s annual revenues by come working families, and partially pay for more frequency than the pay for it. $1 billion. it by extending the state’s hotel room tax to commuter rail to Lynn are While the Republican governor has not In addition, Baker has not said whether short-term rentals. He later withdrew his ideas that make sense, Raine signed national anti-tax activist Grover he would support the so-called “millionaire support saying, “Historically, I have a tenden- said. Norquist’s no new taxes pledge, Baker, a tax.” The constitutional amendment question cy not to comment on things I haven’t read. “Relatively speaking, it’s Swampscott resident, is opposed to Mayor scheduled for the November ballot would im- I made a mistake and commented on some- the cheapest investment you Thomas M. McGee’s proposals to link the pose a 4 percent surtax on income in excess thing I hadn’t read.” can make,” Raine said. gas tax to in ation and put tolls on Routes 2, of $1 million. It would raise $2 billion for im- 128, I-93 and I-95 as a way to pay for transit provements in transportation and schools. BAKER, A7 FUTURE, A7 INSIDE Star for the ages makes Lynn stop By Bella diGrazia now, it’s the new actor or Disney star dream, so Lynn ITEM STAFF it’s that more much insane to me that I’m in this St. Mary’s principal world,” said Dobrik. “I feel like I got a golden prepares for second LYNN — One of YouTube’s biggest stars is go- ticket to it.” retirement. A3 ing on tour and his rst stop is in Lynn. Even before Vine was around, Dobrik always David Dobrik has been an online presence had dreams of becoming a YouTube star. During Opinion since he rst started making videos in 2013 as a his early years of high school, Dobrik was a big Charles: Summer sophomore in high school. Dobrik is a product of video-gamer, which is how he came upon the idea of irrelevance. A4 the short-lived Vine, an app which once allowed of buying a PVR (personal video recorder). But users to make and edit six-second video clips. when the recorder wouldn’t work, the future star Sports Now it’s ve years later and the 21-year-old is just about gave up on his dreams of becoming Prep baseball opens David Dobrik will be stopping by headlining a tour across the country. web-famous. with Super 8 win. B1 the Lynn Auditorium on Saturday “It’s tough to get into this community and it’s night. one of the most-sought after jobs for kids right YOUTUBE, A3 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 COMICS ....................................B4 HIGH 71° VOL. 140, ISSUE 152 LYNN .........................................A3 LOOK! .......................................A8 DIVERSIONS .............................B5 LOW 56° OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 2018 OBITUARIES Daniel J. Richard, 62 Rising seas and raising questions for Boston’s booming Seaport PEABODY — Mr. daughters, Michelle Daniel J. Richard, 62 O’ Keefe and her hus- years, of Peabody, band Brian of Cary, By Philip Marcelo died unexpectedly N.C., Kristina Rich- ASSOCIATED PRESS at home, on June 3, ard and her ancé BOSTON — In this old 2018. He was the Shane Waterhouse of city’s booming Seaport husband of the late Peabody; his grand- District, General Electric Shirley J. (Arnold) daughter, Margaret is building its new world Richard. “Maggie” O’Keefe; headquarters, Amazon He was born in his two brothers, is bringing in thousands Lynn, the son of the late Philip Philip Richard and his wife of new workers, and Ree- and Mildred (Morelli) Richard. Alicia of Lynn, John Richard bok’s red delta symbol He was raised in Lynn and of Minneapolis, Minn.; his sits atop the new of ce it was a graduate of Lynn En- brother-in-law, Steven Arnold opened last year. Three glish High School. He was a and his wife Andrea of Lynn. tech companies are test- graduate of Northeastern Uni- He also leaves his nieces and ing self-driving cars and versity receiving a Bachelor’s nephews, Philip and Sara, and restaurants and apart- Degree in Pharmacology. He several cousins ments have gone up virtu- has lived the past 33 years in Service information: His ally overnight. Peabody. memorial service will be held But after bad ooding He was employed for many on Saturday, June 9, 2018 at this past winter, some years as a pharmacist working 11 a.m. in the West Congre- wonder whether it was for Brooks Pharmacy, IWP, and gational Church, 27 Johnson Union Hospital. He was also a St., Peabody. Relatives and a bright idea to invest real estate agent for Coldwell friends are respectfully invit- so much in a man-made Banker in Lynn eld. Most re- ed. Arrangements are by the peninsula that sits barely cently he worked as a clerk SOLIMINE Funeral Home, above sea level. in the Boxford Post Of ce. Mr. Lynn. The family prefers in “That was the rst win- Richard enjoyed music, going lieu of owers donations be ter where we really saw PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS to concerts and reading. He made to the Northeast An- waves splashing onto the boardwalk and water in Buildings under construction and nished buildings line Seaport Boule- enjoyed walks on Lake Quan- imal Shelter, 347 Highland vard in Boston’s Seaport District. napowitt in Wake eld and Ave., Salem, MA 01970. Di- the streets,” said Greg Hoffmeister, who watched puttering around his house. rections and guestbook at “We know the water ing some 90,000 residents plain the city isn’t moving He loved all animals especial- www.solimine.com. the brief deluge from the third- oor Seaport of ce is going to be coming in and 12,000 buildings and quickly or aggressively ly dogs and cats. Most of all through South Boston, potentially causing eco- enough to change develop- he loved spending time with of his real estate rm.