Word: whitely
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This notion has been taken to Boston's streets--particularly into the homes of the 58 per cent of voters who, as Timilty's latest ads tell us, "voted against Kevin White" in the preliminary. Back in September, there were four major candidates for the mayor's office, including Finnegan and State Rep. Melvin H. King. And if the campaign managers disagree on most points, they'll both readily admit that somebody will be elected mayor on November 6--and the key to the election is the King/Finnegan vote...
Timilty knows this. And so, in what many see as a desperation move, he's moderated his stance on rent control and taken several jabs at White's handling of the racial issue. Timilty's campaign aides won't deny their motives. "The people who voted for Mel King are looking for some kind of a statement they can hang onto," one said after the candidate found a new urge to support rent control. "We're giving them one." White, through a series of obnoxious "Breakfast at the Bixbys" radio commercials, has attacked Timilty for waffling--something which the mayor...
...order to pull off a minor miracle on November 6--the latest poll gave White a 14 per cent victory margin--Timilty needs endorsements from the King and Finnegan camps. And he just hasn't gotten them. King, who supported Timilty in 1975, agreed with the Black Political Task Force's assessment of this year's race: vote against White, but don't endorse Timilty. The city's other leading liberal--State Rep. Barney Frank '62--gave his support to Timilty. But with the major papers lined up against him, it all seems too little and too late. The Finnegan...
Integrating minorities into school administration has split candidates into two groups: those who give affirmative action top priority and those who favor promotion from within the predominantly white school system. Last year there were no minorities on the school committee. This year, two of the 13 candidates--Henrietta S. Attles and David C. Blackman--are black...
TOMORROW BOSTON voters will make a familiar choice. Kevin H. White has been a mayor for 12 years and he's asking for four more. And for the third time, State Sen. Joseph F. Timilty is challenging the incumbent. The central question is who possesses the skills and intelligence to lead the city in the 1980s...