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"At this point in the campaign, I am not ready to start pointing fingers at [John Tobin]," he said. "This is about what we can do, not about what he is doing."
"The biggest accomplishment is just being out there day after day on top of the issues," he said. "People want to use some issues as a litmus test for being progressive, moderate or conservative. I always tell people, 'Do me a favor. Try not to use one issue as a litmus test for the overall portfolio.'""I would say he could [challenge Tobin] at least in JP," said [Nelson Arroyo], who currently supports Tobin but said he might switch. "He brings that message that activists fight for in this community, especially affordable housing activists. I haven't seen what [Gibran Rivera]'s support base looks like in other parts of the district."See the full content of this document
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Jamaica Plain Resident Mounts City Council Bid
City Council District 6 candidate Gibran Rivera says he decided to run against incumbent John Tobin after Tobin and a majority of the council voted down a plan last fall to limit annual rent increases, dubbed the Community St...
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