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Mayor Menino may have been busy ribbon-cutting, but Michael Flaherty and Sam Yoon have been recruiting "senior advisers" for their joint campaign. Former mayor Ray Flynn (Mumbles' predecessor) and social activist Mel King (a vocal BRA opponent), who once ran against each other for mayor, will announce their support of the Flaherty-Yoon ticket tomorrow morning at City Hall. Flynn and King ("Fling"?) join a campaign that embraces "new solutions to our city's old problems," emphasizes education and city planning, and provides for "Boston residents of every race and gender" according to the announcement. It's an interesting move that aligns some longstanding Boston figures with the promise of change.
Ray Flynn and Mel King to Join Flaherty-Yoon Campaign as Senior Advisers
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anti-choice? some progressive. relics belong in the vatican. still buzzing from that beer sam yoon bought you, kerry?
@Sadie: I think you are missing the larger point, tstl. Besides, where in this post did Kerry say Flynn was progressive? I do think, however, that progressives should applaud this semi-unlikely pairing of (Fling :)) support for Floon (a political pairing which itself seemed unlikely just weeks ago). It certainly makes thing more interesting and adds double edged support to the Menino challenge
the whole last line editorializes about floon's purported progressive goals. it's a sham. these clowns can't even agree about any of the stuff they're trying to sell. i say the larger point is that floon don't agree on anything of substance other than which cute jumper to coordinate at the sock hop. this is some geezerly bs, dudes.
To be fair, the line reads "the promise of change," and change is by no means necessarily progressive.
indeed. i wasn't trying to editorialize at all with the last line--the floon campaign is built almost entirely on the idea of (potentially incoherent) change (e.g., "good. better.")--so i'm sorry if it came across that way.