Word: ifs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Timilty has a Herculean chore ahead of him if he is to pick up the votes cast in the primary for state rep Melvin H. King and school committee president David Finnegan.
Finnegan, despite a campaign that never got off the ground, hurt both the mayor and Timilty, picking up votes in West Roxbury and Dorchester. If even half of Finnegan's supporters switch to White, the mayor will have very close to the majority he needs.
Even if Timilty tries to raise some real questions about city government, the voters are unlikely to let them intrude on the election. White has a name, a carefully built organization, and, more than likely, a fourth term as mayor of Boston.
"Well," started the group's spokesman. "What if we beat UMass this weekend? They're big. They're mean. They're ugly. They've got cute cheerleaders and a real band. What'll you say then?"
The third member of this merry triumverate stood by silently, cracking each joint in his body--one by one--with deafening precision. He was chewing a wad of Bazooka and crushed Coke bottles. I was dying to ask him if he would blow a bubble, but I surpressed the urge...