Unsigned fliers muddy today's race for council

[Ian David]

By Donovan Slack
Globe Staff / November 6, 2007

The campaign for today's City Council election veered into anonymous mudslinging in its waning moments when challenger John Connolly issued a barrage of unsigned mailings across the city that attacked Councilor Stephen J. Murphy.

Connolly acknowledged over the weekend that he was responsible for two negative fliers that were sent to voters Thursday and Friday. That acknowledgement came after a Boston Herald columnist accused him on Saturday of producing the material.

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The mailings questioned Murphy's commitment to running for reelection to the City Council because he has a record of seeking other positions. In an interview yesterday, Connolly defended the mailings on legal grounds, saying that state law permits anonymous campaign literature against another candidate.

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Three other anonymous mailings about the race have been sent out in recent days, one attacking Murphy in South Boston and the other two urging voters in West Roxbury to elect a councilor from the neighborhood. No one has accepted responsibility for those.

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