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Incumbent Councilor David E. Sullivan has claimed that local landlords are behind David J. in an effort to remove David E. and his pro-rent control views from the Council. But forms submitted yesterday at the Election Commission showed that David J. raised $1445 for his campaign--well under the average...
...when Flynn first ran for office, his principal opponent was Melvin H. King, a Black politician from South Boston. This time his opponent, city Councilor Joseph Tierney, was much less formidable, especially in these Black areas...
...Councilor Charles Yancey of the Dorchester and Mattapan section of Boston said the two key issues for minorities are housing and public safety and that the incumbent mayor has focused city resources into less urgent problems...
...Councilor James E. Burn of the Roxbury section of Boston said Tierney's campaign has remained low key on all of the issues pertinent to the Black sections of Boston. He said Flynn's major success has been in the issue of housing...
According to former city councilor and Boston lawyer Lawrence DiCara, "Low voter turnout everywhere, not just in Boston, can be based plain and simply on prosperity...