The chosen one

SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 2011
THE CLASS OF 1980 WAS A BIG DIFFERENCE MAKER IN THE REVIVAL AND SURVIVAL OF SOMERVILLE. THESE WHERE THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST THAT SOMERVILLE. THEY WHERE BORN AND BRED IN SOMERVILLE. SO THEY HAD THE ESSENTIAL FAMILY AND FRIEND ROOTS THAT PROVIDED CREDIBILITY AND ACCEPTANCE. AND THEY HAD GONE TO COLLEGE AND DECIDED TO STAY AND PARTICIPATE IN THE CITY POLITICS. IT WAS MACKEY, ALBANO, CAPUANO, ODEA, CALLAHAN, ET AL..
THE CHOSEN ONE FROM THE CHOSEN CLASS HAPPENED TO BE MICHAEL CAPUANO. HE WAS CHOSEN IN LARGE PART BECAUSE HE WANTED IT MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE. AND SECOND ONLY TO LESTER RALPH SAVING THE CITY FROM BECOMING LAWRENCE- HE WAS ABLE TO NOT ONLY KEEP THINGS ON TRACK- BUT KEPT THE CIY TOGETHER AS IT WENT THROUGH GENTRIFICATION AND INTEGRATION AT ALL LEVELS. LESTER RALPH WAS THE REVOLUTION… AND CAPUANO WAS THE LINCOLN WHO BROUGHT THE CITY TOGETHER AT ANOTHER IMPORTANT AND DECISIVE TIME.