Word: dicara
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...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...
...challengers, then, has the dual task of convincing voters that White is incapable of running the city and showing that he is the right man to take over. Thus far, White has benefitted the most from a lack of clear policy alternatives presented by the other six candidates. Only DiCara has made definite proposals, in two major speeches in the last 12 months and a summary position paper. The five remaining candidates say they are currently preparing policy statements...
Another important concern, says DiCara, is the ability to gain support from a wide range of people, not just voters from the candidate's own neighborhood or ethnic background. There are "people who live in certain sections of the city who don't know the rest of the city exists," he explains...
City demographics are changing rapidly, DiCara adds, noting the departure of many middle class whites to the suburbs and the influx of Blacks, Hispanics, and gays...
What may help White the most is the caliber of his underfunded opposition. Two rivals, Raymond Flynn and Lawrence DiCara '71 are tainted with past or present membership in that laughingstock of Boston politics, the city council, while former state Rep. Melvin King's organization has fewer funds and probably less support than when he ran poorly in 1979. Suffolk County Sherill Dennis J. Kearney and Suffolk Registrar of Probate James Michael Connolly have not yet gained widespread recognition, nor do they have the money to do so Perhaps the strongest credentials belong to Robert R. Kiley, deputy mayor...