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...Dennis J. Kearney '72. The youngest candidate at 33 years of age, the Suffolk County sheriff combines excellent fundraising and organizational skills with a flamboyant campaigning style--his vice-grip handshake is now legendary. Kearney began his political career as a service coordinator at White's East Boston Little City Hall and served as a state representative for East Boston and Charlestown between 1974 and 1977 before his appointment to his present post...
...Says Kearney, "This election is a referendum on Kevin White, no matter what happens. But what's also important is the ability of one candidate to emerge--to articulate problems and offer solutions...
...issues will probable take a back seat to Kevin White. If he runs, he will use his considerable political skills to bring the media and the voters around to his side. Aside from Kearney, who raised $119,300 last year, none of the challenger has shown that he is able to raise enough funds to fight an advertising war with White. Flynn and king are the most visible contenders, but they will probably be fighting for the same constituency Finnegan, because he is such a late entrant, may never figure into the race unless he can parlay his popularity...
Says Flynn, "The real question is whether the last of the big city mayors is going to survive."Kevin White's Challengers--top row: LAWRENCE S. DiCARA '71, DAVID I. FINNEGAN, RAYMOND L. FLYNN; bottom row; ROBERT R. KILEY, DENNIS J. KEARNEY '73, MELVIN H. KING...
...Raymond Flynn and Lawrence DiCara '71 are tainted with past or present membership in that laughingstock of Boston politics, the city council, while former state Rep. Melvin King's organization has fewer funds and probably less support than when he ran poorly in 1979. Suffolk County Sherill Dennis J. Kearney and Suffolk Registrar of Probate James Michael Connolly have not yet gained widespread recognition, nor do they have the money to do so Perhaps the strongest credentials belong to Robert R. Kiley, deputy mayor in White's pre-machine years and a former MBTA general manager, Kiley, though, has less...