Word: moakley
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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DiCara was plainly not surprised that the Irish of South Boston have not turned out in force for him. "Any area where you have a real heavy like Moakley"--John Moakley, the congressman who lost to Louise Day Hicks last year, had led the ballotting all night in his first try for City Council--"you're not going to do very well. It's the same with the black areas. We could have rung every doorbell and we still wouldn't have done any better than we would have just by doing the subway stations. That's why you have...
...like Chris Iannella, Frederick Langone, Dapper O'Neill, who have been running for office for years. It seems unlikely that any of them will stumble before November; no one in Boston is very happy with the City Council, but no one is very angry at it either, John Moakley, although not an incumbent, is practically a shoo-in. DiCara, with $1500 remaining in his campaign chest, must fight the other eleven for one of the two remaining spots on the ballot...
DiCara was plainly not surprised that the Irish of South Boston have not turned out in force for him. "Any area where you have a real heavy like Moakley"--John Moakley, the congressman who lost to Louise Day Hicks last year, had led the ballotting all night in his first try for City Council--"you're not going to do very well. It's the same with the black areas. We could have rung every doorbell and we still wouldn't have done any better than we would have just by doing the subway stations. That's why you have...
...like Chris Iannella, Frederick Langone, Dapper O'Neill, who have been running for office for years. It seems unlikely that any of them will stumble before November: no one in Boston is very happy with the City Council, but no one is very angry at it either. John Moakley, although not an incumbent, is practically a shoo-in. DiCara, with $1500 remaining in his campaign chest, must fight the other eleven for one of the two remaining spots on the ballot...
...hardhats," she says, "they're my kind of people." One TV station offered her seven opportunities to debate her lesser-known opponents, Black Lawyer David Nelson and State Senator John Moakley; she refused, counting on the public's memory of where she stood. She won with 39% of the vote, and may run for mayor of Boston next year...