[raccoonradio]

I’ve lived in this district my whole life.
Mavroules, former mayor of Peabody, was convicted for corruption (5 “bottles of wine” = $5,000) and served time. He was beloved on the North Shore, etc. for getting business to
the G.E. in Lynn. My dad and sister, now both retired, used to work at that G.E. aircraft engine plant.

Howie Carr would play the old song Bottle of Wine by The Fireballs in honor of that code saying. “Bottle of wine,
fruit of the vine. When you gonna let me get sober.
Leave me alone, let me go home. Let me go home and start,
over.”

I forget the year, but Mav. was beaten by Republican Peter Torkildsen (no, not the guy from the Monkees—that was Peter Tork). Tierney beat Torkildsen in ‘97, IIRC, narrowly

[nhwingut]

He was beloved on the North Shore, etc. for getting business to the G.E. in Lynn. My dad and sister, now both retired, used to work at that G.E. aircraft engine plant.

I worked at the GE in Lynn too. I dropped out of college after a couple of years, and lucked into a grinder job (dirty work but decent pay and good bennys). I worked in the Turbine Division grinding/sand blasting turbine parts. It was the ugly step sister of the Aircraft plant (although it was all one big campus). I got laid off after 2 years and went back to college, got my degree and made a career in IT. But I know what you're saying, the GE provided a good life for many blue collar types on the North Shore.