Word: flynn
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Some city politicians said Flynn's policies have had little effect on Boston race relations and don't think the situation has been improved substantially...
Many politicians in the city attribute the poll's findings to the attitude of the administration of Mayor Raymond L. Flynn, but others say the change is due mainly to the good economic times in Boston and the fact that many whites live in isolated communities...
Melvin H. King, who opposed Flynn in the 1983 mayoral run-off, said, "There has not been much change. Flynn has been reluctant to acknowledge racism as a term. He will try to work around it if it can be done...
State Representative Thomas Finneran (D-Boston) also said Flynn's policies had improved racial tensions...
...They have improved with no specific policy but with individual statements of his," Fineran said. "In his Innaugural Address in 1984 Flynn said his administration would not tolerate racial hostility. For a white Irish Catholic to be willing to say that means a lot to the public. It has set a very good, positive tone...