Word: furcolo
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Brien joined Robert Kennedy's staff last spring. A hotelkeeper's son from Springfield, Mass., O'Brien acquired his taste for Democratic politics as a boy orator campaigning for James Michael Curley, the four-term mayor of Boston. His early tactical work for former Governor Foster Furcolo and then for John Kennedy formed the rich expertise that was later embodied in the "O'Brien Manual," a 70-page codification of all his political know...
...Democrats under Doherty are also suffering from their failure to offer the public fresh, young candidates. Next year, for example, they will be offering such old party workhorses as Endicott Peabody '42, Edward J. McCormack, Francis X. Bellotti, and Foster Furcolo. All were defeated in their last bids for public office, and some of them have lost more elections than they've won. In addition, such hacks as Francis E. Kelley ("a lightbulb for every housewife") and Pasquale Caggiano ("I been robbed") will undoubtedly decide to run for something and discredit their party still further...
...issue is clearly nonpartisan, for the "Republican" plan has consistently been supported by a coalition composed in roughly equal numbers of Democrats and Republicans. The sales tax was first proposed almost ten years ago by former Democratic Governor Foster Furcolo, and its most vociferous supporter, next to the Governor himself, has been Collins -- a power in the state Democratic party. Furthermore, the bill is not one that pits liberal against conservative, for most of the state's liberals have either supported it, or out of personal loyalty to Donahue, remained discreetly silent. Finally, the bill is hardly a confrontation between...
...opponent in this election, State Senator James W. Hennigan, has been quick to point out. ("Brooke has been more interested in headlines than real performance," Hennigan charges.) This fall strong charges of partisanship in Crime Commission affairs were levelled, after the indictment of former Governor Foster Furcolo. Last week, Furcolo charged that Commission chairman Alfred A. Gardener had violated an old "Corrupt Practices Act" that forbids gifts from state office holders to political candidates. Brooke has attempted to clear himself by pointing in another "explanatory opinion," to the fact that Gardener's $100 contributions was to the Brooke campaign committee...
...Obviously Political." Furcolo denied all, cried that the whole thing was "obviously political," demanded a trial before Election Day. Instantly, there was speculation about how his indictment might affect contests for state offices. Both gubernatorial candidates -Republican John Volpe and Democrat Francis X. Bellotti-are Italian-Americans, and thereby are presumably equally immune (or susceptible) to any bloc-vote protest. But there is to be a referendum on Nov. 3 on whether to curtail the powers of the Governor's Council-specifically abolishing its right to approve gubernatorial appointments. Volpe has favored it all along, while Bellotti...