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Sharon Wilmore, a spokesman for City Councilor Charles Yancey, says the Tierney campaign should not complain of unfair press coverage. "It's just hard to run against a man as popular as Flynn," she adds...
Doyle says Flynn owes much of his popularity to his 16 years of public office as a city councilor and then as mayor. He says the local news media have also helped Flynn address his constituency. "It just goes to show that a direct connection with the people yields grassroots support," says Doyle...
...Flynn's supporters on the City Council say he has a strong record to back up his public style. He takes credit for balancing the city budget three consecutive times for the first time in a decade, and for 11,000 housing starts in the city over the past four years...
...Flynn's South Boston origin was seen as a liability in his first campaign, when he won a close race against Melvin H. King, who would have been the first Black elected Mayor of Boston. But in this year's preliminary elections, Flynn's highest victory margins were in Roxbury, Dorchester and Mattapan, predominantly Black areas of the city where Tierney has campaigned very little...
...Flynn also takes credit for opening new police stations and for expanding the police force in these areas. But City Councilor James E. Burn, who represents Dorchester and Mattapan, says Flynn is taking credit for community sacrifice and hard work. "It's been like pulling teeth, trying to get support for an extended police force," says Yancey...