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Some analysts have predicted that a large number of White votes could go to David I. Finnegan, former school committee chairman and radio talk show host, or former MBTA chief Robert R. Kiley, two candidates who have been labelled conservative by the local media. Both candidates, who would appear to be nearest to the mayor on the political spectrum, have, however, been playing down this perception in interviews and public appearances...
...Finnegan at a recent candidate's forum nervously joined in response to a reporters question that he was only a candidate of the "right people." And Kiley, a former deputy mayor under White, has been busy defending a former stint on the CIA and his reliance on Beacon Hill and Back Bay friends for campaign donations...
Cyrus Patell '83, "Joyce's Use of History in 'Finnegan's Wake," Professor John V Kelleher...
DiCara--who finished well in the pack in a recent WBZ-TV poll--also does not shy away from making predictions about the outcome of September's open primary. The fight will be between himself, former Boston School Committee President David I. Finnegan, and Boston City Councilor Raymond L. Flynn, he says...
...start pretty soon if they are to have any hope of victory. Candidates such as Langone. Lawrence S. DiCara '71--an able and knowledgeable politician who seems to have no real support base--and former MBTA Chairman Robert R. Kitey would do best to endorse front-runners such as Finnegan, Flynn or King. The Mayor is the real issue in this campaign: next to him, the issues only offer a pretext for repeats of Monday's counterproductive showcase...