Traffic, trash, and trouble are some of the main concerns about the proposed Everett stadium project. Neighbors for and against a soccer venue showed up for a spirited community conversation Monday night. "Why won't you put it on the ballot and see if the people want this?" one woman asked.

The Revolution’s timeless dream of a soccer-specific stadium in the Boston area has never been closer to becoming reality, yet Robert Kraft remains skeptical that the current Everett-based plan will be viable given, as he described it, the “political people” and “all the agendas.”

Robert Kraft has been trying to build a stadium for the New England Revolution in Everett for a while now. What’s holding up the chairman of the New England Patriots (and the Revs)? Politics. “We’re willing to do this privately-financed stadium in Everett,