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  Althea Garrison might have just doubled her chances of getting on the City Council
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Last EditedScott³  Feb 25, 2018 01:53pm
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AuthorFrank Phillips
News DateThursday, February 22, 2018 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0
Description“The long trek back from political gadfly to elected office just might be in the cards for Althea Garrison, a perennial city candidate since she won a quirky election in 1992 to serve one term as a state representative.

In fact, she might have just doubled her chances this week, thanks to the sudden race for Suffolk district attorney.

Garrison got just less than 7 percent of the vote when she ran last year for one of the four Boston at-large council seats. She came in fifth, albeit far behind the fourth-place finisher. But now two at-large city councilors, Ayanna Pressley and Michael Flaherty, both of whom were just sworn in last month for two-year terms, are eyeing other offices.

Under city election rules, if either wins, Garrison, after more than 20 attempts (she says she has lost count) to get back into elected office, will, as the next in line, assume the fourth at-large council seat — and collect the $99,500 salary that goes with it.“
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