With election day November 4 about 34 days away, what an

interesting week this has proved to be,

Last night at 21 Whittier - the Van Campen for Mayor campaign

event, one could feel a surge of enthusiasm, the applause is getting

louder for Van Campen, the rooms getting more packed, a snowball

effect.

For Carlo DeMaria's event on Saturday, Sept 27 at Lt. Joseph Wehner Park

there was a fellow who sent a $100.00 check to Van Campen telling me
"I'm just here for the burgers." After 18 years DeMaria is defensive and

playing to a dwindling audience, and I am being objective here. You won't

find the Everett Advocate bias from me, if Carlo had 250 people on the lawn

I would report it. Looked more like 50 to me.

Carlo DeMaria, the incumbent, has signs galore in the city. But signs do not

vote. Part of the perks of incumbency. On Monday the city council

hammered DeMaria, and the news media, Channel 10 Comcast, Fox 25

and Channel 5 picked up on it. Ouch.

DeMaria quoted ex Medford Mayor Michael J McGlynn calling it

"Political Theater." Unoriginal and not very convincing. More like a mayor

with his hand caught in the cookie jar, as one citizen at the council meeting

made clear.

Van Campen does not have the name recognition that he needs in this

city. He has a little over a month to change that. But DeMaria has a lot

of grumbling right now. DeMaria is the talk of the town, and none of it

is good.

What I videotaped last night is surging applause, and I hear that the

event at 66 Main Street on Tuesday, was just as successful, the rooms

getting packed, applause getting louder, and Van Campen promising to

clean up the Housing Authority, he will meet with the people after election,

not running and hiding like cousin Carlo, Wayne Matewksy and Anthony

DiPierro do.

Have to hand it to state Rep Joe McGonagle, McGonagle does reach

out to the people and you can call him and talk to him. Carlo should

have taken a tip from McGonagle, but it is a little late for it now. As one

woman stated, she had an appointment with DeMaria and he decided

meeting with the Encore Casino was more important. She was outraged

and told Van Campen that he had her vote.

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Who will win on November 4? It's anybody's guess, I cannot be Carnac the Magnificent

and use psychic powers to tell you, but I can say that the tide is turning.

DeMaria's sign holders at Wehner Park each day look bored and unenthusiastic.
Ho hum, gotta be done. Van Campen supporters have this energy and brio.

Liveliness. Such vigor is a sign, and if it snowballs and catches the 51,825

population of Everett, MA, it will be Rob Van Campen who takes control of

the corner office.

DeMaria has name recognition, a lot of baggage, and questions about his

honesty which are not going away. DeMaria's alleged dishonesty is following

him around like the Jeffrey Epstein files are stuck like glue to Donald J Trump.

Embattled more than "political theater" is the place where DeMaria finds himself.

Police Chief Paul Strong has to stop following DeMaria around like a puppy dog

at local political events and start meeting with city councilor Rob Van Campen.

In a perfect world. That would take courage, and send a message to the community.

When cousin Carlo takes more money than Mayor Wu, Houston, there's a problem

And with WGBH, Fox 25, NBC Channel 10 and Channel 5 coming after a mayor

of 18 years, WGBH slamming the Housing Authority under Carlo DeMaria ....

well, DeMaria should take a hint from New York's Eric Adams, Josh Kraft in Boston,

unscrupulous Rick Caraviello in Medford (my friend Breanna Lungo Koehn has no

competition this year and will be mayor for a fourth term,) ....you wore out your welcome, Carlo De Maria, and even having the Advocate newspaper as your perceived Wholly Owned Subsidiary of City Hall might not help you now.

Add the crazed cousins, Housing Supervisor Nicole DiPierro and Anthony DiPierro embarrassing Carlo at every turn, just baggage the embattled mayor does not need at this time.

Rob Van Campen earned my vote, Carlo DeMaria lost my vote. And that's the way it goes.

I'll post my videos of last night sometime this afternoon. It was a great night, and change

is in the air.

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