Everett City Council votes no confidence in mayor

Brickbat: Masshole Mayor's Money

The Massachusetts Office of the Inspector General says the city of Everett wrongly paid Mayor Carlo DeMaria $180,000 in bonuses between 2016 and 2021, claiming DeMaria and his team twisted a city rule to get the money and then kept it secret from the public and city council. The rule was meant to give the mayor $10,000 after each term, but a word change before it passed in 2016 instead gave mayors $10,000 for each term. The change allowed DeMari…

Everett City Council votes ‘no confidence’ in Mayor Carlo DeMaria

The Everett City Council unanimously voted no confidence in Mayor Carlo DeMaria after a Massachusetts Inspector General report found that the city had overpaid him $180,000 and leveled claims of impropriety by DeMaria and his administration regarding the payments. On Monday, the Everett City Council moved to vote first on the vote of no confidence, which was sponsored by seven of the 11 council members. The resolution, number 23, was to find a “…

Everett City Council votes no confidence in mayor

DeMaria was the focus of a scathing February report by Inspector General Jeffrey Shapiro, who found DeMaria took $180,000 in longevity bonuses that were never intended for him.

Everett City Council votes no confidence in Mayor Carlo DeMaria

As Everett’s mayor deals with the fallout from a Massachusetts watchdog’s finding that he was overpaid by $180,000, city councilors unanimously came against him in a no confidence vote Monday. Inspector General Jeffrey Shapiro said last month that Mayor Carlo DeMaria had erroneously been paid the extra money over several years, citing a subtle change in language before an ordinance was approved in 2016. In a letter to Everett City Council Presid…

Everett city council votes ‘no confidence’ in mayor over 'improper' bonus payments

Symbolic vote comes after Mayor Carlo DeMaria said he’d challenge a state finding that he should return $180,000

A Serious Matter – Everett Independent

City Council casts ‘no confidence’ vote in Mayor DeMaria over longevity bonus By Cary Shuman The Everett City Council voted Monday night by a 9-0 margin “no confidence” in Mayor Carlo DeMaria in response to a report by the state inspector relating to longevity bonuses paid to the city’s chief executive. Mayor Carlo DeMaria issued the following statement in response to the City Council resolution of no confidence: “The residents of Everett deserv…