Hyde Park man jumps into race for mayor; looks to have the Roy Owens vote locked up

Jaha "Jay" Hughes of Hyde Park this week filed paperwork with the state that will let him begin raising funds to run for mayor this fall against incumbent Michelle Wu and, likely, Josh Kraft.

Hughes's platform includes barring transgender youth from sports, ending what he thinks is the scourge of "transgender story hours" in Boston schools and barring the displays of both "gay pride" and "Black Lives Matter" flags in Boston schools - although he also would prohibit Confederate flags in local schools. Hughes says he has nothing against trans people, but:

It is my right to not participate in their lifestyle. I do not use pronouns. I call people as I see them. I do not follow illusions.

Hughes would also end what he says is the way the city spends millions so illegal immigrants can live high on the hog, especially people practicing "pregnancy tourism," while real Americans are forced to ration their medications, cut back on food purchases, lower their thermostats and struggle to pay for daycare. Companies would have to show papers to the city that all their employees are real Americans, and:

The Boston Police will be given the duty of detaining criminal illegals and turning them over to immigration and customs enforcement agents.

He would also require would-be voters show proof they are really American and charges: "It is racist for Democrats to say or imply Black and Brown Americans do not have or cannot get an ID to vote."

But Hughes goes beyond Owens's typical all-hate platform, such as calling for a universal-income pilot (with "no eligibility for those criminals who are in America illegally") and requiring local universities to pay annual fees, which he would use to help the homeless and set up community watches equipped with bullet-proof vehicles and a fleet of drones flying overhead 24 hours a day. He would also fight to build a trauma center to serve Dorchester and Milton and wants 24-hour clinics across the city.

Also, he would set up a program to show pregnant women that "there are alternatives to abortion and they can, with a child, live a happy life" even if they have been raped or have no money. He would couple this with childcare, housing and job training for the new mothers - and their partners.

He calls for school vouchers and for the placement of armed guards, "trained by federal agents in counterterrorism tactics," in all BPS schools - and would let teachers pack guns.

And he calls for the city to begin an eco-friendly program in which people could have their deceased loved ones cremated and, rather than have the remains put in urn, put in biodegradable tree pods that would be planted as fertilizer for new trees.