Word: committeeman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...addition to serving in the state senate, Daley, 37, is a committeeman from the Eleventh Ward, bastion of Irish political power and his father's impregnable home base. Daley ducked controversy until Byrne's behavior aroused his combative instincts. He first challenged the mayor in September, when he fought to abolish a sales tax on food and drugs. The revenue was needed for a tax-and-transportation package that Byrne had worked out with Republican Governor James Thompson. Daley failed, but won the backing of labor and the minorities and shook up city hall...
Then came the turn of elegant Eddie Burke. Expanding his chest, he pledged to wage war on drug pushers and rapists if elected. A Baptist preacher exulted that Burke would create a "spiritual surge that will lift us into orbit for God." More down to earth, Committeeman Marty Tuchow explained: "Nostalgia is fine, but I have to be practical." Translation: Daley is buried, Byrne is mayor, and Byrne was for Burke. Twenty-four committeemen supported Burke...
John McDonough led the Boston school committee race with incumbent John D. O'Bryant, the only black school committeeman, also headed for re-election...
Gerald O'Leary and Jean Sullivan-McKeigue, sister of former committee member Kathleen Sullivan-Alioto, also won seats on the committee, edging Jean McGuire, Kevin McCluskey, Boston PTA president Rita Walsh-Tomasini, and former committeeman Paul Ellison, who served time for embezzling city funds...
...running for re-election to the City Council, and I'm entering my 30 years of service as school committeeman, councilor and twice mayor. Will the big brass and corporation vote for me on election day? Never! They'd dance in Harvard Yard with joy if I lost the election. I think President Bok would go on a "toot" for a week if I lost, I think the "nobel" scientists would drink DNA if I were no longer a councilor. I know that I will be re-elected on November 6 and when I am, I will toast them...