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...Raymond L. Flynn. Many observers think Flynn is the only man who can beat White. The South Boston resident and city councilor will probably draw most of his support from low and middle-income group. His only drawbacks may be his personality--he speaks slowly and in a monotone--and what some see as an inability to work with downtown Boston business interests...
White's opponents are well aware of the formidable task they face come September. Flynn conceded that "the guy just has so much power. He controls the show," He adds. "Kevin White is always going to have as much money as he needs to try and buy the election...
...Michael Flynn, 38, a Boston lawyer, is representing 28 people who claim they have been victimized by Scientology. As a result, he appears at the top of an enemies list drawn up by Scientology leaders. Flynn claims that he has continually been threatened and harassed by Scientologists. He keeps a gun in his office desk and often uses bodyguards. A private pilot, he contends, "I nearly died a couple of years ago when the engine of my plane quit. Someone had put gallons of water in the gas tank, but I can't prove who did it." A current...
What may help White the most is the caliber of his underfunded opposition. Two rivals, Raymond Flynn and Lawrence DiCara '71 are tainted with past or present membership in that laughingstock of Boston politics, the city council, while former state Rep. Melvin King's organization has fewer funds and probably less support than when he ran poorly in 1979. Suffolk County Sherill Dennis J. Kearney and Suffolk Registrar of Probate James Michael Connolly have not yet gained widespread recognition, nor do they have the money to do so Perhaps the strongest credentials belong to Robert R. Kiley, deputy mayor...
Roosevelt says the new system will allow him to concentrate his campaign on the area where he has lived for four years. The district which is commonly referred to as the "most widely contested most spirited seat in the city," according to city councilor Raymond L. Flynn, includes students, elderly, upper class residents, and "a mix of third or later generation Irish, Hispanics, and Blacks," Roosevelt said...