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...Chicago surprise was made possible by the swelling involvement of a traditionally dormant group-the Blacks. If a similar rebellion of outsiders against White's cynical politics takes place, two candidates stand to benefit-South Boston City Councilor Raymond D. Flynn and Black South End State Representative Melvin H. King. Both have fared well in low-income and minority areas in the past, and both, like Washington in Chicago, have made the machine a major target of their campaigns...
Boston City Councilor Raymond L. Flynn--one of six candidates trying to unseat Boston Mayor Kevin H. White in November says he is the candidate of the city's minorities and neighborhoods...
...system, currently estimates at 45,000 employees, and to force the city, for the first time, to separate political loyalties from city jobs. But when the victory celebrations are over, and the real business of governing begins, Washington will face a city unaccustomed to political change. As one city councilor put it in the '20s, "this town ain't ready for reform." The existing power structures will still be there, and the cronice and lackeys of Byrne and Daley have yet to leave town. Like any reformer, Washington must face an opposition that resists changing the status quo, one which...
...Lawrence S. DiCara '71. A young but experienced politician, a city councilor from 1971 to 1981, the lifelong Dorchester resident says he will garner support from all parts of the city and will work to reconcile business and neighborhood interests...
...Raymond L. Flynn. Many observers think Flynn is the only man who can beat White. The South Boston resident and city councilor will probably draw most of his support from low and middle-income group. His only drawbacks may be his personality--he speaks slowly and in a monotone--and what some see as an inability to work with downtown Boston business interests...