Religious Procession Held by Societa Santa Maria Di Anzano
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VOL. 117 - NO. 23 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, JUNE 7, 2013 $.30 A COPY Religious Procession Held by MassDOT Kicks Off Plans to Societa Santa Maria di Anzano REVOLUTIONIZE TOLL COLLECTION Cash Toll Collection to End on Tobin in 2014; Public Information Meetings Beginning Societa Santa Maria di Anzano concludes the procession at Christopher Columbus Park. (Photo by Rosario Scabin, Ross Photography) The first religious procession of the summer was held on The Massachusetts Department of Trans- and pay cash for their Tobin Bridge toll. Tolls Sunday, June 2nd by the Societa Santa Maria di Anzano. portation (MassDOT) announced plans are will be collected electronically in one of two This date also marks Italy’s “Festa della Repubblica” which underway for the implementation of All Elec- ways: either through the motorist’s E-ZPass commemorates the date Italians chose their own form of tronic Tolling (AET) on the Tobin Bridge, a transponder or via a program in which a government, in the aftermath of World War II. form of toll collection that saves drivers from camera captures the license plate and the The procession began at St. Leonard Church accompa- both stopping and slowing down to pay their vehicle’s registered owner is billed by mail. nied by music from the Italian-American Band. The Societa toll. MassDOT has scheduled a series of A contractor has been selected to install the Santa Maria di Anzano is located in Somerville and it was informational meetings to inform North gantry or overhead collection system and formed in 1905, honoring the image of the Madonna, dis- Shore commuters and answer questions work is beginning to support the technical covered in Anzano, Italy 400 years ago. The celebration about the upcoming transition. back-office operations. concluded at Christopher Columbus Park where the Santa “With the implementation of this innova- The informational meeting series will Maria di Anzano statue was presented by the Society’s Presi- tive form of toll collection we are saying to acquaint residents with the logistics of dent, Elio LoRusso. (Additonal Photos on Page 3) our customers that their time is valuable,” the transition including the timeframes and said MassDOT Secretary & CEO Richard A. the benefits of AET such as reduced con- Davey. “We are also increasing safety and gestion, increased safety and cutting green- reducing greenhouse gas emissions by cut- house gas emissions. Prior to and following ting congestion and the time spent idling the brief presentation, motorists will be able News Briefs at the cash booth.” to sign up for an E-ZPass transponder by Sal Giarratani Beginning early in 2014, motorists will no on-site. longer have the option to stop at a toll booth (Continued on Page 10) R.I. Health Insurers Seek Premium Hikes Reportedly, health insurers down in Rhode SAVE THE DATE Island are seeking double-digit increases in pre- miums that individuals and small businesses will pay for coverage next year, the largest reported North End Athletic Association increase in many years. 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The audit cally criminal. Questionable Benefits.” found that “DTA does not use However, I propose that the Auditor Suzanne M. any of the management re- persons — persons who Bump’s office found over a ports provided by its EBT heretofore have been silent thousand dead persons col- (Electronic Benefits Trans- or even apologists for DTA — lecting benefits totaling $2.4 fer) contractor to assist in who ought to be the most million. the detection of potentially outraged, are the advocates They found nearly a mil- fraudulent activities.” for the truly needy in our lion dollars in double pay- Apparently DTA follows the Commonwealth. Every dollar DATE OF BIRTH: November 24, 1784 ments to persons with dual Sergeant Shultz “I see noth- wasted on benefits paid to accounts due to the use of ing” school of management someone dead or to someone PLACE OF BIRTH: Barboursville, VA more than one social secu- as far as fraud detection. receiving benefits under DATE OF DEATH: July 9, 1850 rity number or variants in This is troubling, for what- more than one name or so- PLACE OF DEATH: Washington, DC the spelling of the recipient’s ever the current rate of fraud cial security number is a SPOUSE: Margaret name. is, you can be sure it will dollar not available to the PRESIDENT: March 4, 1849[a] - July 9, 1850 Those numbers may sound grow, as dishonest persons poor for whom the program “Old rough and ready,” they called Zachary Taylor, big to you and me, but in an find out that one can get away was created. That is not Muscular and stocky, a man in great favor; agency the size of DTA, with scamming the system. merely criminal, it is im- He was a career soldier, but it should be noted, where the cost of one pro- Most of the public outrage moral. DTA’s lack of effective As our twelfth President he had never before voted. gram, SNAP (Supplemental at the exposure of waste, controls to detect and pre- His political views remained an unknown, Nutrition Assistance Pro- fraud and abuse at DTA has vent fraud allows crooks to But his anti-slavery position made slave owners groan; gram) is $1.3 billion, the to- been directed at the harm steal from the taxpayer and As a President he became a potential force, tal waste and fraud is not done to the taxpayers of the from the poor. The prophets To either stop the practice or alter its course. staggering, as some have Commonwealth. We work of the Old Testament had suggested. That is, unless hard only to see the taxes quite a lot to say about those Her promoted efficiency in the Army and Navy, the audit merely spotted the on our wages and salaries who steal from the poor or But with agriculture and commerce, “tip of the iceberg” as many wasted by a bureaucracy that stand by and do nothing while they both said “well maybe.” of us suspect. can’t even be bothered to others plunder the poor. Soon all of the “maybes” were turned into grunts, When Zac kicked the bucket after just sixteen months. He wed Maggy Smith from old Maryland, The daughter of a planter, when he asked for her hand; Mayor Menino 2013 Garden Contest Instead of roaming the country doing things she loved most, She spent thirty-five years at frontier Army posts. When Zac was elected to pursue his goal, Maggy was too ill for her First Lady role; She outlived her husband, some say she was lucky, Died two years later, now they’re both in Kentucky. [a] Taylor’s term of service was scheduled to begin on March 4, 1849, but as this day fell on a Sunday, Taylor refused to be sworn in until the following day.