Word: beacon
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...didn't think I was a good candidate," Frank says. "But even though its usually a disadvantage to be from another state, in Beacon Hill everyone is from somewhere else, so it didn't hurt...
...Perot's candidacy is both a symptom of the failure of American democracy and a hopeful beacon of its ability to regenerate itself. Over the past two decades, presidential politics has become a blood sport reserved for the paid professionals; there is no room for amateurs anymore, no storefront headquarters staffed with volunteers, no buttons, no bumper stickers. Into this cynical world of negative TV spots and staged sound bites Perot marched in to announce, in effect, "This is America. We don't have to take their candidates, we can nominate...
Candidates say they see opportunities to affect crucial issues facing the Beacon Hill legislature, such as abortion policy and education reforms...
...Resources have to be given to people in the front lines," he says, "not to offices on Beacon Hill...
LoPresti's district includes Cambridge, Winthrop, Allston, the North End and areas of Beacon Hill and the Back...