In a pair of stunning rebukes, Boston voters on Tuesday rejected two embattled incumbent city councilors, a historic vote that illustrates discontent with the dysfunctional legislative body and sinks two once-promising political careers.
After a chaotic term, the Boston City Council is on the ballot this fall, with a slate of races that are as much about competence and cooperation as they are about ideology.
When City Councillor Ricardo Arroyo ran for the Suffolk district attorney seat last fall, he and his supporters decried what they called “illegal leaks” to the media that delved into sexual assault allegations against him from some 20 years before. Arroyo pointed to his opponent, interim DA Kevin Hayden, and his supporters, as the leakers. Eight months after losing that
Dorchester resident John FitzGerald, the 41-year-old son of a legendary state lawmaker and a veteran of City Hall, has joined the race to succeed District 3 Councillor Frank Baker. The field has continued to grow since Baker’s April 20 announcement that he wouldn’t run for reelection. Meetinghouse Hill activist Jennifer Johnson and Fields Corner schoolteacher Joel Richards had