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Felix Arroyo to join the mayoral party tomorrow

By adamg on Mon, 04/08/2013 - 9:49pm

Michael Jonas tweets he formally announce at the offices of SEIU 615, where he was an organizer before getting elected a city councilor.

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By TMM on Mon, 04/08/2013 - 10:36pm.

He will hurt Marty Walsh

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By anon on Mon, 04/08/2013 - 11:18pm.

He hurts everyone, there is zero chance he isn't a finalist after the primaries and a tough one on one for anybody who makes it there with him.

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By anon on Wed, 04/10/2013 - 10:52am.

He will not make it to the finals. He does not have broad appeal. His politics are divisive. He has no standing with business. Just recall his rants against Whole Foods in JP.

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By bospoliobserver on Wed, 04/10/2013 - 1:17pm.

You're a clown, he doesn't have any "rants against whole foods". Find me one, I'll wait. Arroyo IS against displacement of people who live on fixed incomes and their right to live in neighborhoods they have called home for generations. He has no issues with groceries. But you can attempt to dumb it down if you want.

As for broad appeal Felix was overwhelmingly re-elected in 2010 a year or so AFTER the community discussions regarding WholeFoods took place. Perhaps you don't pay much attention to local politics though or you would know that he did so by placing highly EVERYWHERE in the city, he is a bridge builder, and is far more inclusive towards the population of Boston than any of the others in this race.

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By anon on Thu, 04/11/2013 - 7:49am.

Sorry, election to a no-power, low-turnout, popularity contest is one thing. Election to Mayor of Boston is quite another. Youtube videos are down, natch. But they will resurface.

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By bospoliobserver on Thu, 04/11/2013 - 2:41pm.

Again showing you have no clue how Boston works. Low turnout no coverage elections have never favored minority candidates. EVER his success in that race shows the bridges he has built in "traditional" Boston voters. Again you'll see him in the finals whether you like him or not.

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By anonism on Tue, 04/09/2013 - 6:24am.

Maybe Walsh and Arroyo will split the "union vote" to the point of making the "union vote" a non-factor in the race.

That would be sweet.

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By Youth Organizer on Tue, 04/09/2013 - 9:34am.

Arroyo has been so difficult to work with on youth jobs. He has caused chaos with in the Dorchester programs always trying to take credit and dictate the agenda. Its turned a lot of youth away from politics.

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By Port Norfolk on Tue, 04/09/2013 - 10:01am.

Marty Walsh will get the Neanderthal unions whose members mostly live in Quincy/Weymouth/Braintree and points south (like the Dropkick Murphy's Ken Casey, who'll help Marty deliver the Hingham vote).

Marty gets checks from the PACs and union bosses that will help his coffers. He gets a bunch of sign-holders and their bar tab from the Eire after a pointless 40-man sausage-fest standout in Adams Village before they hit the SE expressway.

Felix gets the progressive unions that actually have a growing footprint in the city and diverse memberships that will work their tail off for him.

Advantage Arroyo.

If Lynch was going to win (and he's not) Marty would be a great candidate for his Congressional seat- where most of these guys actually live. But, alas, neither Lynch or Walsh is going anywhere in the near future.

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By anon on Tue, 04/09/2013 - 12:05pm.

These Unions your talking about actually have SKILLED workers vs the SEIU's toilet bowl cleaners and dish washers.

Toilet Bowl cleaner vs. Carpenter??? I wonder who has a more marketable skill.

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By Port Norfolk on Tue, 04/09/2013 - 1:21pm.

Yes, they're very highly skilled at driving their ass home to the Irish Riviera.

"Neanderthal" refers mainly to their leadership, who've systematically blocked out the kind of people who actually live and have babies in Boston these days.

Nice strategy for a second-place finish — at best.

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By anon on Tue, 04/09/2013 - 6:16pm.

Because they don't want to live in corrupt, hipster and crime ridden Boston, but god forbid anyone who doesn't live within the city limits have any connections to Boston.

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By Angelo on Tue, 04/09/2013 - 7:51pm.

Not bad people. Just not good voters in a Boston mayors race...

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By theszak on Tue, 04/09/2013 - 5:25pm.

Bad journalism in Massachusetts, Boston... no example available of sample specimen ballot for voters to familiarize themselves with format, layout.

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By anon on Tue, 04/09/2013 - 6:19pm.

about Felix Arroyo is because he is a "minority" (guy is WHITE as hell, I know tons of Italians darker than him). How about a real black candidate already? Damn.

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By anon on Tue, 04/09/2013 - 10:09pm.

Really we are comparing skin tones now to discuss minority status? So Yancey is more of a "minority" too you than Obama? Thats sick and twisted logic.

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By anon on Wed, 04/10/2013 - 9:12am.

Now the single most important qualification is ones skin color! Voting for someone based on their skin color is racist.

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By theszak on Thu, 04/11/2013 - 8:20am.

As a former staffer at Boston City Council Candidate Councilor Arroyo blocked access to the plain English stenographic record of the Public Meetings of Boston City Council violating principles of open government. Elect Boston City Councilors from outside City Hall that will advocate greater change at Boston City Council and greater change at City Hall.

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