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O'Malley won't, but Arroyo may
By adamg on Tue, 04/02/2013 - 11:04am
UPDATE: The Herald reports state Rep. Marty Walsh of Dorchester is running.
City Councilor Matt O'Malley (Jamaica Plain, West Roxbury) this week took himself out of the running for mayor this fall. But in an e-mail to supporters today, Councilor Felix Arroyo (at large) says, yes, he's thinking about running - but first he wants to see if he can raise the $1 million he says it would cost:
If you believe, like I believe, in a Boston where everyone has opportunities to succeed, where we invest in all of our communities, where every child can receive a quality education, where we care for our elderly, where everyone can live in a safe neighborhood, and where we all have a say in the direction of our city, I ask that you please give now and give as generously as possible. Your donation will make this campaign a reality.
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Go, Felix!! A viable
Go, Felix!! A viable candidate who can put together a strong coalition of voters from across the city. Felix is a true progressive— unlike pretenders Marty Walsh who wants to have it both ways and is afraid to confront his base which is largely old school, all-white labor types. Claims to be pro gay rights, but yet marches in the anti-gay Southie parade year after year. C'mon Marty is right!!
Felix has never made us wonder where he stands.
"anti-gay Southie parade"
What about the anti-Catholic gay parade every year in Boston?
People would be more opt to respect your views and choices if you didn't try and cram it down everyone's throat! Maybe you should learn to respect other people opinions too, even when they may be wrong!
After all this is America!
PS... O'Malley isn't running because he knows he has no chance and if he did, he would probably loose his council seat. Without a seat on the Council and no real work experience he'd be in line at the Welfare Office.
1. I agree with you...but 2.
1. I agree with you...but 2. Only a dick calls Pride anti-Catholic. 3. You're no better than the ones screaming on the other side.
Actualy
Wasn't screaming, only trying to point out how ridiculousness she sounded. I could care less what people choose to do with their own lives, just please don't try and force feed me your believes.
That's all.
Some of us are sick of being
Some of us are sick of being force fed Christian's beliefs.
Why be tolerant of
Why be tolerant of intolerance? And be sure to include militant atheists, scientologists, and Islamists while you're at it.
Don't pout, the champion of
Don't pout, the champion of the people, Scotto Brown, will be on Fox News soon enough to yell about Muslims etc.
Yeah, totally oppressed
Yeah, those totalitarian gays and their crusade for "rights" are totally suppressing the poor Catholics.
It continues to amaze me how people can claim a right to bigotry. Refresh my memory, when was the last time the LGBT crowd held an inquisition, eh?
" can claim a right to bigotry"
Kinda like Elissa
Why, I can remember all the
Why, I can remember all the times when I felt oppressed as a Catholic living in Boston. Wait.
Why "Anti Catholic?"
Have the organizers of the Pride parade ever excluded a Catholic group who wanted to participate?
Elissa
Why so hateful? "all-white labor types" I guess Hard Working White Males are the devil!
Bigotry, sexism, and racism
Bigotry, sexism, and racism is a one way street to some people.
I believe the complaint
I believe the complaint against the labor unions is their non-recruitment of people of color, which means less neighborhood people on neighborhood jobs. Why hire some black guy from Roxbury when you can hire a Murphy from outside the city.
So you're saying Unions
should be racist and Hired based on skin color and not on merit.... Only The city Unions are taxed funded; Teachers, BPD, BFD ext... Which do target minorities and take into account ones race in the hiring practice; Extremely racist. Also the City Unions do have residential requirements.
State-wide and National Unions mainly do not recruit, instead the have walk in applicants who are referred by their parents/family/friends who are/were Union members.
Hiring based on Race is racist, no matter what race it benefits.
Gimme a break- Marty Walsh
Gimme a break- Marty Walsh and his dad/uncle/cousin's union has been railroading people of color for three generations. You aren't from Galway or one of the neighboring counties? Piss off.
They actually call themselves the Irish union and put shamrocks all over their union logos etc.
Walsh is crazy to even look at this race. Even if by some miracle he gets past Connolly or Conley to the run-off, wait til black voters in this town get a whiff of his union's awful track record of hiring/recruiting from communities of color. Or his own failure to have a single person of color on his own staff for the last 15 years.
And how about that "second" job he holds down as chief of the city's Building Trades- something along the lines of $170k a year ON TOP of his rep's job! All this while CHAIRING the House Ethics committee... you can't make this stuff up.
Let's go Arroyo!!
Way to twist the words buddy.
Way to twist the words buddy.
Mainly referring to labor unions.
And no I'm not calling for a quota or a requirement or what ever I'm just stating the widely known fact that labor unions in this city exclude people of color.
Also what is this merit you speak of? To get in a union you start as an apprentice how much merit does that take?
" widely known fact that labor unions in this city exclude
People of color" Fact! Bold statement! Merit? Maybe not, but someone who at least knows the difference a Phillips and a Flat Head, or understand basic geometry/trig.
These people of color you speak of can walk into a Union office just like the translucent people you claim have a stranglehold on the Unions. They also have access to the same Google maps and streets to get to these Union halls.
Excuses are like assholes, everyone has one and they all fucking stink!
So you are saying
That anyone can walk in and apply? Sure.
Now see how many are called up according to their "experience" = having relatives already in the trade.
When people type in bold I
When people type in bold I tend to discount the bullshit they spew. And you are right anyone can walk into any office pick up an application and deliver it to the union that in no way makes up for unions' shady practices. Don't deny reality it's unbecoming.
to The VanJones
Don't stop with Murphy! Why not try equal opportunity bigotry? Throw in a few cracks and generalizations about Jews, Hispanics, Blacks, Asians, Native Americans, people who are gay, short people, people with brown eyes, people of different religious persuasions... keep going!!! Moron.
Oh no are your boxers in a
Oh no are your boxers in a bunch? Don't you have some liquor store to troll?
You don't get that anon's
You don't get that anon's point man! Have you ever considered that people who point out racism...are the real racists? Blew my mind!
sarcasmI'm sorry but Felix Arroyo has no shot.
None.
With the field we have
With the field we have currently he is a sure shot finalist and in the two man final you can't convince me he doesn't demolish any of these candidates one on one. Connolly already got trumped last at large race by him, he would shore up Walsh's union support in a final, and Conley has the personality of a rock. I really don't see how he is anything BUT one of the strongest contenders in this race.
Neither ready nor fit
for prime time.