Ayanna has no business on the council. Murphy, Connolly, Flaherty and Arroyo are invested in the city. They were all raised in the city, worked in the city, and have family in the city. Murphy, Connolly, Flaherty and Arroyo deserve to be elected in 2011 to the Boston City Council because they truly care about the city and they all want what is best for the city even though they may disagree. Ayanna is from Chicago and to see her beat out Arroyo or Flaherty would be a disgrace.

She hasn't done anything substantial for the City of Boston. She has been known to attend events without paying.

A lot of people are voting for her because she is a woman and a woman of color. This is not a valid reason to vote for someone. Connolly is using her to top the ticket. This is a tactic designed to keep Flaherty from "Topping the Ticket" because Flaherty is the biggest threat against Menino. I have supported Flaherty for City Council but I voted for Menino in 2009. I do think it is time for change in 2013 in the corner office, no matter who it may be.

Why John Connolly merged his campaign with a woman that was placed into power by the white liberal elites, these so called "progressives". Do you think that people of color who are from here actually voted for her? Do you think that we wanted her? Why would you assume that just because she's black and a woman we will automatically accept her and vote for you because you're helping her? What has she done for the people of Boston?

The role of an at-large-councillor is to make sure that city services are provided equally to all districts, all street, all people of Boston. It's to make sure that the schools are actually educating our kids. The role involves helping city people get jobs. She hasn't done any of this. Instead, she talks about issues that are important to women yes, but you can't verify her claims. She talks about painful and very private matters as if they didn't have the emotional, psychological and social impact on her that those of us that did go through it have. I do believe that something happened to her as a child but I don't believe her college rape charges. Simply put, she was fed information that Vice President Biden would be coming into town to discuss rape on college campuses by her former colleagues and used the information to her benefit and timed it to come out just in time for his visit. This guaranteed a high level of media exposure (something she loves) for her and for raising her profile. I will give her credit where credit is due. She is a master spinmeister, but that's all. Read my full comment on the Globe site: http://www.boston.com/news/politics/articles/2011/10/16/tough_city_council_race_gives_rise_to_rare_alliance/?comments=all&csort=desc