Word: droney
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...John Droney, district attorney of Middlesex County, said yesterday he worked with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the state police, and William Delahunt, Norfolk County district attorney, during the investigation...
...Droney's illness has not abated, and in fact, reports are that his condition has worsened to the point where he is now hospitalized. Should the condition prove fatal, Droney would still win his election unopposed and a successor would be appointed by the governor...
Scott Harshbarger '64 had resigned from the Attorney General's office as Chief of Public Protection Bureau in mid-February and proceeded to county-hop his way into the hearts of those who either wanted change, knew of Droney's illness, or hated the annoying Kerry. He detailed comprehensive programs for the office, treated Droney's incapacity tastefully, and was the only county candidate to have extensive television advertising. As a result, Harshbarger was endorsed by virtually every major newspaper in Middlesex County, as well as the Boston Globe...
...wasn't until mid-day on September 20, hours after Ed King had left "For Boston" ringing in our ears, that the results finally came in. Droney had defeated Harshbarger by approximately 6000 votes and incumbency remained the not-so-easily assailable hurdle...
...path. He was not up for election during the Middlesex County "reform slate" of 1972, and stayed remarkably in the background of the late-summer hoopla surrounding fellow commissioner Mike McLaughlin and his alleged job-selling tactics. The job-selling probe, conducted in primary-timed fashion by District Attorney Droney's office, eventually cost McLaughlin a chance of winning the party nomination for Congress in the Sixth District...