VOL. 118 - NO. 19 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, MAY 9, 2014 $.35 A COPY Happy Success for “NO ETHANOL” Campaign Mother’s Day On July 6, 2013, a train carrying oil from North Dakota to a refinery in Canada derailed and destroyed much of downtown Lac-Megantic, Quebec, killing 47 people. Individuals, organizations and sponsors Grand Junction route that crosses the from the House of Representatives all Charles River and passes into Cambridge. worked together in creating an amend- In Cambridge the Grand Junction route par- ment to stop ethanol trains from passing allels Vassar Street until it turns north through densely-populated neighborhoods of crossing Broadway and Cambridge Street Massachusetts. before it enters Somerville, crossing under image courtesty of http://vintageholidaycrafts.com/ Derailed trains transporting ethanol in the McGrath Highway, in the vicinity of the flawed DOT-111 rail cars are prone to Twin City Plaza, to connect to the BET where One mother can take care of six children, explode and cause fires that are almost it then joins the Shared Corridor described but six children cannot take care of one mother. impossible to extinguish without special below. alcohol-resistant foam and specially-trained Corridor 3 starts at the Medford/ firefighters. First responders are not sup- Somerville line, heading southeast along plied with enough foam to extinguish the the Lowell commuter rail line through a rapidly growing fires that spread from car portion of Somerville and then enters to car due to the low flashpoint of ethanol. Medford, leaving the study area. The route News Briefs In the past few years, several accidents then re-enters Somerville and the study have occurred resulting in several deaths area, crossing under Broadway near Ball by Sal Giarratani and evacuation of several communities. Square and following the Lowell commuter Among the most highlighted accidents rail line between Medford Street and High- occurred in July 2013 in the town of Lac- land Avenue. The route then crosses under Quote to Note Mégantic, Quebec. An unmanned, runaway the McGrath Highway just north of the in- “The American people have learned that you train transporting crude oil was not prop- tersection with Highland Avenue and passes cannot believe what the White House says.” erly secured overnight and rolled into the through the Inner Belt neighborhood to con- — U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa center of downtown where it exploded kill- nect to the BET where it joins the Shared “Benghazi & Al Qaeda” ing 47 people, destroying 40 buildings and Corridor described below. Last Saturday’s New York Post had an editorial spilling millions of gallons of crude oil in the The Shared Corridor starts at the BET that should be required reading for out of touch town and nearby lake and river. then utilizes the Haverhill Commuter Rail liberals on the issue of Benghazi and of the grow- In Massachusetts, the populations that Line heading north. At Assembly Square in ing threat of Al Qaeda. could be potentially exposed to ethanol are Somerville, the route then switches to the We now know from a previously unreleased those within the areas of the four corridors Newburyport/Rockport commuter rail line, government memo that blaming Benghazi on in which the trains would pass on Massa- crossing the Mystic River and passing some anti-Muslim movie made in California was chusetts Bay Commuter Rail tracks in or- through Everett and Chelsea to enter Re- all a crock from start to finish. der to bring Ethanol to Global Oil in Revere, vere. Once in Revere, the train requires a Finally, Speaker John Boehner is forming according to a plan and study conducted in reverse move to enter the spur that leads a special select committee on the Benghazi 2012. The four corridors are as follows: to the Global facility. To do this the train attacks which killed four Americans back on Corridor 1 starts at the Belmont/Cam- would travel along the Newburyport/ September 11, 2012. bridge line, heading east through Cambridge Rockport commuter rail line as far north as Plainly, the email contradicts the White House along the Fitchburg commuter rail line pass- Revere Street, and then run in reverse onto cover story and seemingly shows the White House ing under the Alewife Brook Parkway and the East Boston spur to deliver the ethanol. and all the President’s men (and women) who by through Porter Square. At Porter Square, It has been an ongoing battle for a coali- the way make only 87 cents on the dollar to their the route passes into Somerville roughly tion of residents from several communities, male counterparts that facts were changed to paralleling Somerville Avenue into Union including but not limited to, Chelsea, East make the President’s war on terrorism look good Square where it then passes under the Boston, Revere, Somerville and Everett. Last just before the 2012 elections. McGrath Highway, in the vicinity of the year, campaigners achieved the passage of Thank goodness a conservative political group Twin City Plaza, to access the Boston En- legislation co-sponsored by State Senators found this in their freedom of information gine Terminal (BET) where it then joins the DiDomenico, Petruccelli and Jehlen that request. Shared Corridor described below. caused Global Oil to withdraw their request Despite what many liberals are still saying, Corridor 2 starts at the Newton/Boston for a Chapter 91 license. This license would this story still has many legs as most apparent line, heading east along the Worcester/ have permitted Global Oil to upgrade their cover-ups usually have. Case in point: Watergate. Framingham commuter rail line which par- property in order to accept trains transport- allels the Massachusetts Turnpike through ing ethanol; now being transported by barge. (Continued on Page 10) Allston and Brighton. The route would then Even though Global Oil withdrew their pro- pass through the Beacon Park Yards in Allston with trains then switching onto the (Continued on Page 15) THE POST-GAZETTE SATELLITE OFFICE IS NOW OPEN AT 35 BENNINGTON STREET, EAST BOSTON This office is open on Tuesdays from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM and Thursdays from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PMPM, for the convenience of our East Boston and North Shore clients and contributors Call 617-227-8929 for more information Page 2 POST-GAZETTE, MAY 9, 2014 NEWS BRIEFS (FROM ITALIAN NEWSPAPERS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS) Compiled by Orazio Z. Buttafuoco LIVY THE MAJOR DANGERS TO ITALIAN DEMOCRACY. Laura Boldriniis, the President of the Chamber of Deputies of the This week we are con- and only slight knowledge of Italian Parliament (in the U.S. we call The Speaker). Since tinuing in our coverage of Roman Law, or in the Roman she was elected as head of the Chamber, she has been at the great Latin scholars of military system. the fore front in urging the legislators to seriously con- the past. In previous issues Livy was one of the great- sider urgent legislation to help the unemployed. The we divided all of the Latin est and most popular of the present Premier, Enrico Letta, has responded to the appeal literati into the Early Age, the Roman writers of history. by submitting bills primarily intended to help the unem- Golden Age, the Silver Age, The importance of his work ployed. However, as most of us know things don’t move fast and the Later Empire. We rests more on the scope of his in Italy, especially in the Parliament. The views and the further subdivided the Golden patriotic undertaking and in opinions vary from one political party to another. In this Age into the Ciceronian his charming style, than on chaotic situation any attempt to move things fast becomes Period and the Augustan his ability as a scientific a “mission impossible.” This occurs because each and every Period. During the last three historian. He is regarded as bill receives dozens of amendments that most often kills weeks we highlighted Vergil, a remarkably good story- the bill. Of course, most parliamentarians don’t realize the Horace and Ovid, the three teller with perfect diction urgent need of a particular legislation. The reason being great poets of the Augustan and a highly developed power that each parliamentarian follows strictly the party agenda Period, and today we con- for graphic narrative. He A modern statue of Livy in but not what’s concerning the people. The results are very tinue in that period with the attempted to awaken the dor- Padua. disappointing, to say the least, which seriously aggravates historian Titus Livius, who mant patriotic spirit among the situation, adding to the economic conditions in which is now referred to as just raries that one man traveled his fellow Romans, and to Italy is struggling. More dramatic is the condition of many plain Livy. from Spain to Rome just to inspire them towards emu- single families, which has led to real tragedies where the He was born in Patavium see him. lating the deeds of their an- man of the house, unemployed for quite some time, has (modern Padua) into a good Livy eventually wrote a his- cestors. His theme is the taken his own life, causing a major tragedy, for the pres- and respectable family. At tory of Rome in 142 books, greatness of Rome, which sure is far too overwhelming. Of course, the situation an early age he moved to which covered a time span was written in a clear and doesn’t change in the Italian Parliament where everyone Rome where he became from the founding of that eloquent style. His history seems to be unconcerned with the family tragedies occur- acquainted with the most city, to the death of Drusus has been given the highest ring in many parts of Italy.