A man was gathering signatures exterior the West Roxbury Star Market this afternoon for perennial candidate Robert Cappucci of East Boston, making his fourth run for mayor.
Cappucci has but to replace his marketing campaign Website from 2021, however presumably if his followers accumulate the required 3,000 signatures, he’ll run on the identical points he did then: No to abortions, no to sanctuary-city standing and no to vaccine mandates, however sure to Christopher Columbus Day and sure to “Christian morality.”
Cappucci received 1.1% of the vote within the 2021 preliminary, down from 6.7% in 2017. He additionally ran in 2013, after unsuccessful runs for quite a lot of different workplaces, together with two tries for state rep and three for Congress. He did function a member of the final elected Boston College Committee, till it was transformed to the state’s solely appointed college committee in 1992.
Additionally making an attempt to get on the September poll: Jaha Hughes of Hyde Park, who can also be towards abortion and immigrants, however in favor of a metropolis program to let residents be cremated and their stays changed into “tree pods” to assist new bushes get a begin.
Candidates have till Could 20 to file signatures with the town Election Division.
A number of teams have teamed as much as host boards for District 7 (primarily Roxbury, however with bits of Dorchester and the South Finish) and at-large council candidates, beginning at 6 p.m. on Could 22 on the DeWitt Middle, 122 DeWitt Dr. in Roxbury (given the variety of candidates for every, you’d assume they’d want a bigger corridor, like, oh, the Backyard). You might want to register upfront, but it surely’s free.
Then, on Could 28, they’re going to host a discussion board for the (presumably smaller) subject of candidates for mayor, beginning at 6 p.m. at Reed Auditorium, 24 Washington St. in Dorchester. Once more, free registration required.
A number of Democratic ward committees, in the meantime, will host a Zoom discussion board for mayoral candidates at 6:15 p.m. on Could 15.
