Word: toomey
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City Councillor Timothy J. Toomey will challenge five term State Rep. Peter Vellucci for his 29th Middlesex District seat in the Democratic primary this fall...
...Toomey decided to run for the state seat--which includes the eastern third of Cambridge and part of Somerville--after receiving encouragement of numerous supporters in both Cambridge and neighboring Somerville. He said yesterday that he hopes to bring "a greater voice of the people to beacon Hill...
...What I'd like to bring to that position is the perspective of the financial difficulties that most cities are experiencing now," said Toomey...
...Toomey stunned pundits last fall when he finished third in preliminary voting for the city council despite a widespread belief that the councillor would be hurt by former Mayor Alfred. E. Vellucci's bid for election to the council...
...disappointment I had with the report was the housing issue," Councillor Timothy J. Toomey Jr. said. "I want to ensure that Cambridge's rent-controlled properties are truly benefitting the needy...