Election roundup: State GOP, police union helped fund racist loser in at-large race

The Dorchester Reporter reports that some the Massachusetts Republican Party and the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association donated wealth to failed at-large campaigner Donnie Palmer earlier the September preliminary.

Most of you astir apt lone cognize Palmer, if you adjacent cognize him astatine all, from his run to personally punch transgression successful the face. But arsenic the Reporter chronicles, helium besides went full-bore racist connected the taxable of Michelle Wu, posting that helium was aghast astatine the thought of "a Chinese citizen" moving Boston (she is arsenic American arsenic helium claims to be) and accusing her of being a gangster (along with Ayanna Pressley) who would instrumentality orders from Beijing connected however to tally Boston into the ground.

The time aft the preliminary, Palmer virtually wrapped himself successful the achromatic and blue astatine a pro-police rally successful West Roxbury (where helium tried bopping a mates of radical successful the caput with a flagpole). The BPPA tells the Reporter that Palmer lone started getting each racist aft they contributed wealth to him successful August and that the enactment is conscionable shocked and would ne'er person condoned his racism, had it lone known.

Palmer, who is besides a Trump-supporting anti-vaxxer, present wants to tally against Ayanna Pressley adjacent twelvemonth - conscionable similar three-decade yearly loser Roy Owens.

Moving connected ... Besides the non-binding question astir an elected schoolhouse committee, Boston voters adjacent period volition besides ballot connected a question to fto the City Council marque amendments to the metropolis budget (currently, the assembly tin veto but not alteration what the politician proposes) and to make an bureau to springiness the nationalist much accidental successful metropolis spending. Four authorities reps - Adrian Madaro, Nika Elugardo, Russell Holmes and Liz Miranda, are supporting the Yes connected 1 idea.

The International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 4, contiguous endorsed Annissa Essaibi George:

As a erstwhile longtime national subordinate herself, Annissa understands the mundane challenges that look Boston’s moving class. We cognize she’ll proceed to amusement up for our members arsenic the adjacent Mayor.

The Ward 12 Democratic Committee successful Roxbury has released its endorsements: Wu for mayor; Mejia, Flaherty, Halbert and Luijeune for at-large seats and Tania Fernandes Anderson for District 7.