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GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS.
MORE TOUGH NUMBERS FOR BAKER Gov. Charlie Baker s falling approval rating continues to raise eyebrows.
The governor s overall approval has dropped by 26 percentage points since August, according to a UMass Amherst poll released Monday. That s on top of a portion of the same poll that showed shrinking approval for how Baker is handling the coronavirus pandemic, which Playbook noted yesterday.
Councilor George joins us to talk about why she decided to enter the race, and what she sees as the most important issues for the city of Boston moving forward.
Essaibi George is the first to declare since President Joe Biden nominated Walsh to be his labor secretary.
She said she has seen first hand the inequities the city faces housing and homelessness, food insecurity, poor access to transportation, the need for multiple jobs, language barriers, child care, health care all made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic. I m running for mayor because I believe in a Boston that sees the inequity, the everyday injustices, the wrongs and tackles them head on, she said. With Boston Mayor Marty Walsh nominated to be President Joe Biden s labor secretary, city councilors are debating whether to call off the special election to replace him.
Boston City Councilor Annissa Essaibi George to announce run for mayor, joining fellow Councilors Michelle Wu and Andrea Campbell
Updated Jan 28, 2021;
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Boston City Councilor Annissa Essaibi George is expected to officially announce a bid to become the chief official in the city Thursday, joining two other city councilors who are looking to succeed Mayor Marty Walsh after he resigns to serve in President Joe Biden’s administration.
Essaibi George, a former public school teacher in East Boston and a Dorchester resident with roots in the neighborhood, confirmed for The Boston Globe on Wednesday that she will enter the Boston mayor’s race.
City Councilors Michelle Wu and Andrea Campbell both announced their campaigns last fall. Essaibi-George is the first candidate to enter the race since Walsh’s nomination by the Biden administration earlier this month.
All three will seek to make history in a city that has only elected white men as its mayor. However, their candidacies alone are now historical: Never before has Boston had three women all running for mayor at a single time.
A Dorchester native, Essaibi-George, 47, is the daughter of immigrants. Her mother was born to Polish parents in a displaced persons camp in Germany. Her father immigrated to the United States from Tunisia in 1972.