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The last elected Brahmin
By adamg on Fri, 11/07/2014 - 7:49am
Paul Levy says farewell to John Winthrop Sears, a gubernatorial candidate and the last Republican to win a seat on the Boston City Council. He died on Election Day. Levy recalls an interview he did with Sears about his role as commissioner of the MDC - many of whose tasks Levy would later take on as head of the new MWRA.
I loved spending time with John. He was as public-spirited as anybody, a great conversationalist, and one of the last of the old New England "Yankees" to serve in public office.
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RIP
Met him once. Great guy.
Ditto
He led an architectural and historical walking tour of Back Bay once, and brought us all into the private club he belonged to somewhere on Comm. Ave.
Perhaps this club...
Perhaps this club...
www.algonquinclub.com/
The Algonquin Club of Boston maintains the same commitment as when first conceived 125 years ago, namely, to serve as a convenient and hospitable meeting ...
John Sears
was a good man. Not sure he would be accepted in todays GOP as he was a proponent of civil and equal rights. RIP.
You guys never miss a chance
You guys never miss a chance huh? It's like the inverse of the Herald comment section.
Yeah, it's totally out of
Yeah, it's totally out of line to bring up politics in a post about a politician! How dare you, sir?!
Feigning
outrage!!
Funny you mention that
Funny you mention that considering the GOP just had several young, minority, female, and gay candidates elected across the country two days ago.
Joni Earnst
is gay?
Lets all pat the GOP on the
Lets all pat the GOP on the back for finally electing their first African American woman to federal office. In 2014...
Sad to see him go
Met him a few times. I remember him showing up at a "Meet the candidates" night in connection with a Democratic primary and saying, "Well, I can't vote for any of you in the upcoming primary because I'm registered in the elephant party, but I just came out tonight because I wanted to encourage all of you young people looking at politics and public service as a career."
Longfellow Bridge
I could be wrong but I think John Sears pushed for repairs to the Longfellow Bridge when he was MDC commissioner. He wanted to keep it up before it turned into a massive project. I'm happy that Paul Levy's blog talked about the commissioner years. The obit in the Boston Globe barely mentioned his tenure, which was a good part of his public service.
John Sears was a smart, charming, and nice man. He will be missed.
Never met him
But have heard all these nice things about him as well. Rest in peace.