Word: dicara
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Incumbents Larry DiCara '71, Christopher Iannella, Raymond Flynn and Albert "Dapper" O'Neill led the field in the city council race...
Crampton acknowledges that much of Crane's support is derived from "old line traditional Democrats," and Frank feels that, on top of this, Crane will gain much support from his primary spar with Boston City Councilor Larry DiCara...
...Crane benefitted from that primary," Frank said. "People thought that he was unfairly treated by DiCara." Still, Crampton is very much on the attack in this campaign. In addition to saying that Crane's State Lottery is spending more money on itself ($13 million) than it is sending back to the cities and towns ($12 million), Crampton has accused Crane of mismanaging the state treasury bureaucracy into obsolescence. He says Crane hasn't kept up with automation, and that consequently, "the state is losing $5-8 million annually by running its treasury like an old Charles Dickens counting house...
...DiCara is ambitious, and he never thought much of Crane, especially after the incumbent offered his help if DiCara would only get out of the race and run for secretary of state...
...charging Crane with squandering the taxpayers' money by running a sloppy office and depositing Massachusetts money in out-of-state banks--not to mention a number of other alleged irregularities--DiCara is trying to create the image of an incompetent treasurer...