Word: slavitt
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...chilly spring day, Slavitt stands in front of the Star Market at Somerville’s Twin Cities Plaza, a slowly sinking strip mall. A closed Mars Music store sits entombed at one end of the lot, its windows revealing a dark and empty interior. Drab storefronts advertise a Fleet Bank, Dunkin’ Donuts and SuperCuts. Shoppers carry grocery bags to their cars...
...receives a near-endless parade of nasty looks and blank stares in response. The apathy of the U.S. voter is present in the Plaza this afternoon, and Slavitt is bearing the brunt...
Nevertheless, he pursues the passersby, limping after those who ignore his initial pleas. Slavitt is insistent, but not pushy. Many of the women he speaks to seem charmed by his one-liners and flattery. By the end of the afternoon, he has amassed his signature quota...
...Slavitt has chutzpah, and he surely needs it. The political task at hand is not a simple one—Slavitt is looking to uproot a six-term incumbent who is also a Cambridge city councillor. It doesn’t help that he’s running as a Republican, in a town that leans so far to the left some have dubbed it “The People’s Republic...
...idea of a Republican primary in Cambridge sounds Dadaist,” Slavitt admits. But, he says, in politics one never knows...