Revere City Council candidate Wayne Rose emphasizes public safety, youth programs in public comment

Wayne Rose, a lifelong Revere resident running for Revere City Council at-large, said during a public-comment presentation that he is running a grassroots, self-funded campaign and emphasized public safety and youth programming as central priorities.

Rose said his family has deep roots in Revere and that three of his children and several extended family members live in the city. "We are a proud blue collar family deeply invested in the betterment of our community," he said.

Rose described several community efforts he said he started or led, including "safe Saturdays," a program he said he organized to take children off the streets on Saturday nights and host recreational activities at the Lincoln School gym for about 30 weeks with as many as 60 children at a time. He said he started the Ward 3 crime watch in the Coolidge Street area during a period of gang violence and raised funds during COVID to provide a meal for residents of the Jacksetta House.

He also recounted community protests he joined, saying grassroots pressure helped have parking meters removed from Revere Beach and opposing a proposed bridal lab at Suffolk Downs while expressing support for the police department. Rose said he intervened at the senior center after discovering a hydraulic fluid leak and ensured it was cleaned up.

Rose described his campaign as self-funded and not accepting "money from big donors or special interests." He said he will work to limit development while reducing traffic congestion and asked listeners to consider giving him one of their five votes on Nov. 4.

There were no formal actions, votes, or requests for staff direction recorded in the transcript segment covering Rose's remarks.