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The Spectacle Blog
Former Boston Mayor Kevin White passed away tonight at the age of 82. He had been afflicted with Alzheimer’s Disease for more than a decade.
White had Boston’s top job for sixteen years. First elected in 1967, White won wide praise the following year when he convinced James Brown to broadcast his concert at Boston Garden on WGBH following the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Indeed, White actually introduced Brown onto the stage. As a result, Boston was largely spared of the riots which befell other American cities.
In 1970, White unsuccessfully ran for Governor against liberal Republican Frank Sargent but was re-elected to a second term as mayor the following year. George McGovern briefly named White to be his running mate in 1972 until Ted Kennedy raised objections. White was replaced with Thomas Eagleton who was in turn replaced by Sargent Shriver. In 1980, White would get even with Kennedy by refusing to endorse his challenge of President Carter for the Democratic Party nomination.
Although White was elected to two more terms, he became unpopular over busing and school desegregation and several members of his administration were indicted for misappropriating funds by U.S. Attorney (and later liberal Republican Governor) William Weld although White himself was not indicted. These days, White is probably best remembered for the development of the Fanueil Hall Marketplace where a statue of him is situated.
Here’s an interesting profile of White published in of all places People in September 1980 which focused on his warm words for John Anderson despite his nominal support for Carter as well as his own presidential ambitions.
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PCC| 1.28.12 @ 12:05AM
Kevin White was a fine mayor in the best Boston traditions.
He amassed a personal fortune selling zoning variances to every developer who wished to put up a building higher than six storeys.
RJ| 1.28.12 @ 2:48AM
Aaron,
Can you tell us what Ted Kennedy's objection was as to White being selected as the Democratic Vice Presidential nominee?
Aaron Goldstein| 1.28.12 @ 7:55PM
Kennedy didn't want to be supplanted as the number one Democrat in Massachusetts.
RJ| 1.29.12 @ 1:07AM
Thanks, Aaron.
I guess it is just another example of one of the Kennedys not being selfless. Given his behavior, it is disturbing that anyone looks up to him as some sort of hero.
Chesterbelloc| 1.28.12 @ 11:37AM
Living in Boston for all those years was quite an experience. A union, working class family we supported the mayoral runs of Louis Day Hicks, a Reagan democrat long before Reagan, against "King Kevin". Eventually things settled down in the 70s and King Kevin didn't seem so bad. He was preferable to RINO Bill Weld and articulated in English unlike current mayor Mumbles Menino. But how will he answer at the pearly Gates for giving Barney Frank his start?
RIP
PCP Smoker| 1.29.12 @ 12:13AM
Why is the death of this liberal an item to discuss?
Snel afvallen in een week | 1.29.12 @ 4:07PM
You're right, it isn't.
Dimitry Aleksandrovich| 1.30.12 @ 3:01AM
Most Republicans don't understand is that Mayor White was a Boston Irish Catholic and a Boston Irish Catholic is actually more conservative than most Republicans only difference is that they are working class and often union members.
Vergelijken | 4.1.12 @ 4:17PM
Indeed, this isn't an item to discuss.
smog| 4.9.12 @ 12:11PM
Most Republicans don't understand is that Mayor White was a Boston Irish Catholic. Mr. White’s interest in pursuing a political career had developed by the time he was in high school. “He was captivated by my father’s career,” recalled Terrence H. White, of Cohasset, his younger brother, and manager of Kevin’s early campaigns. “My father was a very charismatic guy, gregarious to the nth degree. Politics permeated the household.”
Smog, Senior Developer at Scommesse Online Betting Inc.
Het Koolhydraten Dieet| 4.10.12 @ 4:45AM
I agree with Dr Smog
See : het koolhydratendieet