Thursday, June 13, 2013
District 4 Boston City Councilor Charles Yancey is keeping his name in both the mayoral and district races.
Longtime Boston City Councilor Charles Yancey plans to remain on the Sept. 24 ballot for both mayor and the District 4 seat he currently holds. "I'll be on both. I know it’s an unusual move. It may have not been done in recent history in Boston. But it is not unusual on the national level," Yancey told Patch. Yancey said constituents have requested that he remain on both ballots. "I’m asking voters for in District 4 to vote for me as their district councilor and for mayor. And out of District 4, I’m asking for their vote for mayor," he said. District 4 contains Mattapan and Dorchester, and a smart part of Roslindale will be in District 4 in January 2014 because of redistricting. Yancey said he has no plans to withdraw from either race by …
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
The District 4 city councilor has pulled nomination papers for both positions.
District 4 Boston City Councilor Charles Yancey has pulled nomination papers for both the mayoral and district races. Yancey was first elected to the Boston City Council in 1983 and is the longest sitting councilor. His decision to run for both positions is not unheard of, as past candidates have done the same. Along with Yancey, some of the more noted mayoral candidates who have pulled nomination papers, according to Boston's Election Department, include Boston District 8 City Councilor Mike Ross, Charles Clemons Jr., Will Dorcena, former state representative Althea Garrison, Barstool Sports website owner David Portnoy and former city councilor Gareth Saunders. If Yancey chooses to run for his current council seat, the field could be …
Thursday, November 1, 2012
The Boston City Council supported a redistricting map, the third one, after the first two were vetoed by Mayor Menino.
The Boston City Council is hoping the third's time the charm for their latest redistricting map submitted to Mayor Thomas Menino on Wednesday. The Council supported a redistricting map at Wednesday's meeting by a vote of 11-2, with the two votes against the map coming from District 4 City Councilor Charles Yancey, and the chair of the Census Committee, District 2 City Councilor Bill Linehan. The map now awaits Menino's approval or disapproval. Menino has vetoed the last two redistricting maps, citing concerns of an "over-concentration of protected groups" in districts both times. The Council-approved map was originally submitted by Councilors Frank Baker, Rob Consalvo and Matt O'Malley. At Wednesday's meeting, District 7 City Councilor …
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Boston City Councilors Rob Consalvo and Charles Yancey both offered redistricting maps, with Yancey taking exception to not being invited to work on Consalvo's map.
District 4 City Councilor Charles Yancey said he was upset that three of his colleagues met on Sunday morning to create a redistricting map he feels cuts up the district he represents. During Wednesday's Boston City Council meeting, Yancey said he'd welcome an invitation next time. Yancey, who offered his own redistricting map at the meeting (attached map), provoked District 5 City Councilor Rob Consalvo to retort that Yancey didn't invite him to discuss Yancey's redistricting map. Consalvo added he hasn't been involved in many discussions that cut up District 5, which added he didn't expect to be invited, too. Along with Yancey's map, Consalvo and District Councilors Matt O'Malley and Frank Baker, presented a map. The map they created …
don warner saklad
7:05 am on Thursday, October 4, 2012
Hidden process of Redistricting. No maps made available with NAMES of BORDERING STREETS of DISTRICTS. more ›