Somerville s Curtatone Insists He s Not Running For Governor, Blasts Baker On Vaccine Rollout
FILE – Somerville Mayor Joe Curtatone addresses a rally crowd in 2017.
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Boston Public Radio, nine-term Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone, who announced on Monday that he won’t be running for reelection, used a football analogy to double down on his criticism of Gov. Charlie Baker s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Bill Belichick,” he explained, “plans ahead. He strategizes, he’s ready to adjust and pivot given the games’ circumstances.” Alternatively, he continued, “You can draw rocks and sticks … plays in the dirt. I submit the latter as the best way to describe how the Commonwealth’s taken on the pandemic.”
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