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The company subcontracts the legwork and serves as more of an overseer, but some experts say working double duty as independent investigator and public relations firm raises the specter of a conflict of interest.
The optics of a dual role
Boston University public relations professor Justin Joseph said there should be a firewall between any investigation and the people doing public relations work.
“(Public relations firms) should be seeing that report at the same time as the general public,” he said.
Joseph said even the perception that something is untoward can be just as damning as actual wrongful behavior.
“Something we teach our students constantly is to operate on the highest level of ethical behavior, and not just because of the rules,” Joseph said. “Really, it’s far deeper than that, because we deal in perception, so you have to go above and beyond the rules.”
Jeffrey Rosario Turco of Winthrop won the Democratic State Representative Primary in the Nineteenth Suffolk District Tuesday, besting three other candidates for the nomination.
In the unofficial vote, Turco received 1,706 votes to defeat second-place finisher Juan Pablo Jaramillo of Revere, who received 1,413 votes. Alicia DelVento of Winthrop finished third with 1,224 votes while Valentino Capobianco of Winthrop was fourth with 361 votes.
Turco racked up an impressive total of 1,331 votes in his hometown of Winthrop to pull away from Jaramillo, who carried Revere handily with 917 votes. Turco was second in Revere with 375 votes. DelVento also received solid hometown support with 1,104 votes to finish second in Winthrop.
Jeffrey Turco.
The Democratic Primary and the Republican Primary in the special election will be held on Tuesday, March 2. The general election (Democratic Primary winner versus Republican Primary winner) will be held on Tuesday, March 30.
As of Tuesday, no Republican candidate had entered the race. Candidates have until Jan. 19 to submit their nomination signatures to the Revere Election Department or the Winthrop Town Clerk’s Office.
The five Democratic candidates have been reaching out to supporters and elected officials in both Revere and Winthrop. In fact, some key endorsements in the race are expected to be announced within the next seven days.