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This is a series of the five District 6 Boston City Council candidates for the preliminary election taking place on Oct. 19, and a special election on Nov. 16 between the two finalists. We asked the candidates about education, neighborhood schools and more.Jim Hennigan is one of five candidates running for the vacant Boston City Council District 6 seat. Former City Councilor John Tobin stepped down in August. There will be a special preliminary election on Oct. 19 to get down to candidates. The special election to select the District 6 councilor will be on Nov. 16. District 6 includes West Roxbury and Jamaica Plain. What is the number one issue facing the city of Boston? The Economy. The economic downturn has had a dramatic impact on many city programs and services. What is the number one issue facing West Roxbury? Schools. What experiences in …
Kosta Demos is one of five candidates running for the vacant Boston City Council District 6 seat. Former City Councilor John Tobin stepped down in August. There will be a special preliminary election on Oct. 19 to get down to candidates. The special election to select the District 6 councilor will be on Nov. 16. District 6 includes West Roxbury and Jamaica Plain. What is the number one issue facing the city of Boston? I refuse to engage in false reductionism – there is no single problem in Boston that supersedes all others. I prefer to list a few that I feel are inter-related. 1) Lack of …
Chun-Fai Chan is one of five candidates running for the vacant Boston City Council District 6 seat. Former City Councilor John Tobin stepped down in August. There will be a special preliminary election on Oct. 19 to get down to candidates. The special election to select the District 6 councilor will be on Nov. 16. District 6 includes West Roxbury and Jamaica Plain. What is the number one issue facing the city of Boston? The high school dropout rate is the number one issue facing the city of Boston. The reason is that this leads to other issues facing our city, which is youth violence, young …
Sean Ryan is one of five candidates running for the vacant Boston City Council District 6 seat. Former City Councilor John Tobin stepped down in August. There will be a special preliminary election on Oct. 19 to get down to candidates. The special election to select the District 6 councilor will be on Nov. 16. District 6 includes West Roxbury and Jamaica Plain. What is the number one issue facing the city of Boston? The state of the public school system (coming in second and third: balancing the budget during a prolonged and serious recession; and creating lasting solutions to the violence …
Matt O'Malley is one of five candidates running for the vacant Boston City Council District 6 seat. Former City Councilor John Tobin stepped down in August. There will be a special preliminary election on Oct. 19 to get down to candidates. The special election to select the District 6 councilor will be on Nov. 16. District 6 includes West Roxbury and Jamaica Plain. What is the number one issue facing the city of Boston?Education is by far the number one issue facing residents of the city of Boston. I am motivated to run because I know I can work to foster a top-notch public educational …
