Click the map to zoom in on the district.
Please note: accuracy not verified.
Senator Barrios meets with the Revere City
Council about the State Budget
Senator Barrios with Ibrahim Sayar of the
Boston Dialogue Foundation
Fought for Money to Reconstruct
the Cronin Rink in Revere
Senator Barrios led the Revere and Everett delegations (Senate President
Travaglini, Representatives De Leo, Reinstein and Connolly) in writing a
letter to the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) and the
Division of Capital Asset Management (DCAM) asking that sufficient funds
be set aside to rebuild the Cronin Rink. This rink, which is owned by
the DCR, has been condemned by the state. In June of 2005 DCAM notified
us that it, and the DCR, had committed $8.4 million in its capital
spending plan over three years to rebuild the Cronin Rink so that it
could reopen for the 2007-08 skating season.
Increased education funding
Over the last five years public schools in the Commonwealth have
struggled to keep up with rising education costs. In its Fiscal Year
2007 budget the legislature acknowledged this reality and increased
education funding to cities and towns. While altering the formula that
provides Chapter 70 aid to localities, Senator Barrios and the State
Senate also drove the legislature’s efforts to increase overall funding
for education. In its Chapter 70 increases the legislature removed the
4.5% cap on inflation to better reflect the inflation rate of close to
6% for FY ’07; increased the English language learner per pupil
allotment by $50 and increased the low income student per pupil
allotment by $25. Under this new formula, Revere will get $27,787,967 in
Chapter 70 funding in FY 2007, an increase of over $3.5 million from the
current formula.
Curbing Gang Violence
As Chairman of the Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee,
Senator Barrios sponsored a comprehensive anti-gang bill to reduce gang
violence in the Commonwealth. The bill includes provisions to crack down
on witness intimidation and increases penalties for gang activities. It
also includes 11 million dollars for a prevention grants program which
passed separately by the Legislature and was signed by the Governor in
December 2005.
Improving Transportation
Senator Barrios along with Senate President Travaglini and Rep. DeLeo,
helped the city of Revere receive 30 million dollars to improve traffic
along Route 1A between Boardman Street and the Revere Beach Parkway, and
along Route 16 between Route 1 and Route 1A. In addition, the delegation
fought for and won 246.5 million for costs associated with the extension
of the Blue Line station from Wonderland Station to the City of Lynn.
Also, Shirley Avenue was reconstructed from funds set aside by the
Revere legislative delegation.
MWRA Rate Relief
In 2006, Senator Barrios successfully worked with other legislators to
provide some relief for MWRA ratepayers. The Legislature, rebuffing the
Governor’s veto, moved to increase the MWRA rate relief fund to $25
million, an increase that will directly translate into savings to all
residents in their water bills
The Jarrett Barrios
Website is privately paid for and authorized by
The Barrios Committee, Daniel Schlozman, Treasurer
PO Box 391254, Cambridge, MA 02139
Problems? Contact
webmaster@senatorbarrios.org
For classes, sports, and recreational activities
affiliated with the Department of Parks and Recreation, visit this
