THE PRINT EDITION
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2017
VOLUME XVIIII - ISSUE 32
The 2017 Preliminaries: A Commentary * KEY RESULTS: (As of Wednesday Afternoon) Walsh – 34,869 Jackson – 16,202 Flynn, District 2 – 5,083 Kelley, District 2 – 2,860 (* Unofficial, rounded) by Rick Winterson Probably the most noteworthy result in the preliminary elections held on Tuesday, September 26, had a negative tone. The voter turnout was a painfully low 14%. That number contains its own lesson: We have to do a better job of getting out to cast our votes. There is no sense in criticizing various levels of government if we don’t take part in the
elections – every one of them. In the Mayoral race, incumbent Mayor Walsh will face off against challenger Tito Jackson, come Tuesday, November 7. This week’s Preliminary Election was a landslide in favor of Walsh – 63% versus 29% for Jackson. But this lopsided result was in Boston – a City that has almost always re-elected its sitting Mayors in the past. In the District 2 Preliminary Election for City Councilor, Ed Continued on Page 2
Washington Village: A Major South Boston Development in Progress Richard Campbell
DJ Properties Development plan for Washington Square Village is a huge project in full swing with the first of eight buildings being built, on a 5acre site, to include over 656 units, and nearly 100,000 square feet of retail shops- largely reinventing the moribund corridor on the corner
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of Dorchester Street and Old Colony Avenue outside of Andrew Square. It looks small on a map, but it is about replacing 192,000 square feet of existing “obsolete and vacant” properties that also includes parking for about 600 cars. The architectural firm Continued on page 8
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