With answers invariably short, if not always to the point, nine candidates for the Boston City Council fielded questions on Saturday from the Greater Mattapan Neighborhood Council. Taking part in the briskly paced online “town hall” were seven of the eight candidates running for the council’s four at-large seats and the two finalists for the seat in District 5, includes most
Outside groups, also known as super PACs, laid out six figures in the preliminary election earlier this month, focusing their efforts on District 3, which is anchored in Dorchester, and District 5, which includes Hyde Park, Mattapan, and Roslindale. In District 3, the super PAC primarily funded by New Balance chairman Jim Davis funneled $9,000 to the head of the Cape Verdean
Less than halfway through her first term, Mayor Wu this week announced she is running for another four years inside City Hall. She didn't say those exact words while she was in press scrums, in front of business leaders, and at polling locations. But her intention became apparent over the last several days, through her statements to reporters, her speech before the Greater
What the preliminary election showed was that voters will tolerate some extreme left positions but not repeated above-the-law behavior exhibited by defeated incumbents Kendra Lara and Ricardo Arroyo.
Voters in select parts of the city on Tuesday trickled into polling locations, choosing two finalists in the open race for City Council District 3, which includes Dorchester and the South End, and deciding to expel Ricardo Arroyo, the incumbent councillor for District 5, which includes Hyde Park, Mattapan and Roslindale. The latter made history, as Arroyo became one of two