Election roundup: Racist with plastic Easter eggs traipses around Roslindale, spreading hate as he goes

For the past mates of weeks, somebody's been going astir Roslindale tossing integrative Easter eggs into people's yards that, erstwhile opened, person the supra portion of insubstantial successful them. Calling the campaigner a "communist" would beryllium benignant of laughable for anybody who really knows what "communism" means, but speech from that, it's go a code-word for "Asian-American" since the commencement of the pandemic.

Pshaw, you say? See the racist stylings of failed City Council campaigner Donnie Palmer, besides targeted astatine Wu, and successful greater detail, since 1 does person much abstraction connected a Facebook leafage than connected a portion of insubstantial crumpled into a integrative ovum (speaking of Palmer, seems Charlie Baker objects to authorities GOP wealth going to enactment the racist loser).

Meanwhile, implicit successful neighboring West Roxbury, idiosyncratic is moving precise hard to alert voters that Kendra Hicks is Black, via immoderate flier/card/e-mail connection that, successful summation to comparing her alleged positions with that of fair-haired Mary Tamer, makes definite to amusement Hicks successful classical Black-o-vision:

In different news, authorities Rep. Liz Malia of Jamaica Plain made it authoritative today: She's won't beryllium moving for re-election:

My clip successful nationalist work has been a gift. For astir 30 years, I’ve worked alongside a dependable unit of dedicated activists successful Wards 11, 12 and 19. I person besides had the privilege of exchanging ideas with galore caller radical who bring divers perspectives and experience, and an enthusiasm for the antiauthoritarian process. Together we’ve enacted laws that helped Massachusetts unrecorded up to its progressive reputation- matrimony equality, near-universal healthcare, accrued entree to intelligence wellness services- and there’s truthful overmuch much to do. With 9 months near successful the legislative session, information nett policies volition beryllium my focus. I anticipation to guarantee much resources for accessible and affordable intelligence wellness programs, substance usage upset treatment, victims of the enactment trade, and immoderate different issues we tin push.

The Dorchester Reporter sums up a canvass that shows Michael Flaherty and Julia Mejia presently apical the tract for the 4 at-large assembly seats, but that 45% of voters inactive haven't made up their minds connected the race. Two years ago, of course, Mejia won the 4th spot by conscionable 1 vote.