An kawo karshen magajin garin na shekaru 91 Ba'amurke Ba'amurke da Italiyanci, kuma Michelle Wu da Anisa Etheby George sun fafata a watan Nuwamba.
BOSTON-Michelle Wu, 'yar asalin Asiya ce mai ci gaba, wacce ta yi yakin neman zabe kan sauyin yanayi da manufofin gidaje, ta samu matsayi na daya a zaben magajin gari na farko na birnin Boston a ranar Talata. Birnin ya samu kashi 33% na kuri'un da aka kada. Farar fata ne kawai aka zaba.
A matsayinta na kan gaba, Madam Wu 'yar shekaru 36, ta nuna ban mamaki ga birnin, wanda siyasarsa ta dade tana komawa ga fadan al'umma da kabilanci.
A matsayinta na 'yar 'yan gudun hijirar Taiwan, ba ta zo daga Boston ba, amma ta hanyar ba da shawarar sauye-sauye na tsari, kamar samar da sufuri na jama'a kyauta a cikin birnin, maido da kula da haya, da gabatar da birni na farko na kasar, ta gina sha'awarta a matsayin dan majalisa na birni. . Sabon Yarjejeniyar Kore-matakin Mabiya.
Sakamakon wahalar kidayar kuri’u ta aikawasiku da akwatunan shiga, sai da daddare aka ci gaba da kidayar kuri’u, inda aka kirga kuri’u da dama da hannu, kuma ba a bayyana cikakken sakamakon da ba a hukumance ba sai karfe 10:00 na safiyar Laraba.
Madam Wu, kamar dukkan jiga-jigan 'yan takara a yakin neman zabe, 'yar Democrat ce. Za ta fafata a watan Nuwamba da matsayi na biyu, Annissa Essaibi George, wacce ta samu kashi 22.5% na kuri'un. Ms. Essaibi George ta taso ne a yankin Dorchester na Boston daga iyayen baƙi 'yan asalin Tunisiya da Poland. Ta sanya kanta a matsayin mai matsakaici kuma ta sami karbuwa ga cibiyoyin wutar lantarki na gargajiya kamar kungiyar kashe gobara da tsohon shugaban 'yan sanda.
'Yar shekaru 47, Essaibi George, ta soki tsarin Ms. Wu a matsayin "ba zakka" da "ilimi" kuma ta bayyana kanta a matsayin manaja mai rikon kwarya kamar tsohon magajin garin Martin J. Walsh wanda ya tafi a watan Janairu. Walsh) lokacin da Shugaba Biden ya nada Sakataren Kwadago. A wata muhawara da ta yi a makon jiya, Ms. Essaibi George ta yi wa masu kada kuri’a alkawarin cewa idan aka zabe ni, “ba za ku same ni a cikin akwatin sabulu ba, za ku same ni a cikin unguwanni, ina yin aikin.”
Ana sa ran cewa baje kolin na Nuwamba 2 zai gwada amincewar da 'yan jam'iyyar Democrat da dama suka cimma bayan zaben fidda gwani na magajin garin New York: masu jefa kuri'a masu matsakaicin ra'ayi da tsofaffin masu kada kuri'a za su dawo da jam'iyyar Demokaradiyya a tsakiyarta, musamman kan batutuwan kare lafiyar jama'a.
Makwanni da dama, kuri'ar jin ra'ayin jama'a ta nuna cewa 'yan takara biyu na bakar fata - mukaddashin magajin garin Kim Jenny da kuma dan majalisar birnin Andrea Campbell - suna tafka muhawara da Ms. Ethiopia George. Sai dai yawan masu kada kuri'a a zabukan share fage na wadanda ba na jam'iyya ba ya yi kadan, inda ya samu kasa da kuri'u 108,000. Ms. Jenny da Ms. Campbell da alama sun raba hanya a cikin bakaken kuri'u, kowanne da kuri'un da bai kai kashi 20% ba.
Hasashen zaben ba tare da dan takara bakar fata ya bai wa mutane da dama kunya a Boston, kuma da alama Boston ta kusa zabar magajin gari bakar fata fiye da kowane lokaci.
"Boston birni ne na arewa," in ji John Harriet mai shekaru 62, wanda ya goyi bayan Jenny cikin takaici. "Suna da bakar fata masu unguwanni a Atlanta, Mississippi, da sauran wurare a Kudu. Ina ganin wannan abin ba'a ne. Gaskiya ban sani ba. Ban san abin da zai faru ba."
Mai ba da shawara kan dimokuradiyya kuma mai sharhi Mary Ann Marsh ta ce rashin fitowar jama'a yana da amfani ga Ms. Habasha George, wanda "yana da manyan masu jefa kuri'a a cikin tsofaffin fararen fata".
Ya haifar da tashin hankali a babban zaben kasar. Tsakanin mai ci gaba, mai ba da ilimin Harvard da kuma babban ɗan siyasan unguwar, ta yi amfani da lafazin Boston a matsayin alamar girmamawa kuma ta gaya wa masu jefa ƙuri'a cewa tana son zama "" uwaye, malamai da magajin gari" sune abin da birni ke bukata.
Bambance-bambancen da ya fi fitowa fili ya ta’allaka ne a cikin sake fasalin ‘yan sanda, lamarin da zai iya shafar tsohon garin da rashin jin dadin kabilanci da kabilanci.
"Babu wani bambanci sosai," in ji Ms. Marsh. "Ina fatan zai nuna mafi kyau a Boston. Na damu cewa wannan zai kawo mafi muni. "
Da zarar tashar tashar masana'antu ta blue-collar, yanzu Boston ta zama cibiyar fasahar kere-kere, ilimi, da likitanci, tana jawo gungun sabbin baƙi masu arziki da ilimi mai zurfi. Tashin tsadar gidaje ya tilastawa iyalai masu aiki da yawa zaɓin gidaje marasa inganci ko na tafiya mai nisa.
Madam Wu 'yar asalin Chicago ce kuma ta koma nan don yin karatu a Jami'ar Harvard da Makarantar Shari'a ta Harvard. Ta yi magana game da waɗannan sabbin masu shigowa da damuwarsu, ta yarda cewa shawararta ta flagship tana "kalubalantar iyaka".
"Wani lokaci, wasu suna kwatanta su a matsayin 'ya'yan da ke fadowa a sararin sama' saboda suna da ƙarfin hali kuma suna aiki don mafi kyawun fasalin makomarmu," in ji ta. "Yawancin abubuwan da muke bikin a Boston sun fara ne da hangen nesa wanda da farko yayi kama da kek a sama, amma shine ainihin abin da muke bukata kuma ya cancanta. Mutane suna yakar su.”
Ta ce a cikin tarihinta, Boston ta kasance dakin gwaje-gwaje don sabbin ra'ayoyi kamar ilimin jama'a, da ƙungiyoyi irin su abolitionism, 'yancin ɗan adam, da daidaiton aure.
"Wannan birni ne da ya san yadda ake gwagwarmaya don tabbatar da adalci," in ji Ms. Wu, wadda ta yi imanin cewa Sanata Elizabeth Warren, farfesa a fannin shari'a, ya taimaka mata ta shiga siyasa.
Sai dai masu kada kuri'a na Boston sun fi mayar da hankali ne a gundumomin da galibinsu fararen fata ne, kuma mutane da dama na nuna shakku kan manufofin Madam Wu da dama da kuma kiran da George Floyd ya yi na a yi wa 'yan sanda garambawul bayan kisan gillar da aka yi a Minneapolis.
Wadannan masu kada kuri'a sun taru a kusa da Ms. George Ethiopia, wanda shi ne dan takara daya tilo da ke adawa da yanke kasafin kudin 'yan sanda tare da goyon bayan kara yawan 'yan sanda a titunan birnin Boston.
A yayin bikin nasarar da aka fara daf da tsakar dare, Ms. Essaibi George, tare da rakiyar matasa 'yan mata uku, sun fara sukar Madam Wu da tsarin manufofinta.
“Muna bukatar canji na gaske. Ba ra'ayi ba ne kawai ko motsa jiki na ilimi, amma aiki tukuru," in ji ta. “Ba magana kawai nake yi ba, ina aiki. ina yi Na yi bincike sosai na warware shi. Haka iyayena suka rene ni. Haka garin nan ya sanya ni.”
Ta ci gaba da yin ramuka a cikin fitattun dandamali biyu na Ms. Wu kuma ta sami farin cikin jama'a. "Bari na fito fili," in ji ta. "Magajin garin Boston ba zai iya barin T ya zama 'yanci ba. Magajin garin Boston ba zai iya tilasta sarrafa haya ba. Wadannan batutuwa ne da ya kamata jihar ta warware.”
Magoya bayan Ms. Essaibi George sun taru a kusurwar Dorchester a jajibirin zaben, sanye da rigar kamfen din ta mai ruwan hoda, galibi farar fata, tare da sanya tsaron lafiyar jama'a a matsayin babban batu. Robert O'Shea, mai shekaru 58, ya tuna da sanannen "Dirty Water" a 1965, yana yaba wa gurɓataccen kogin Charles da "masoyi, 'yan fashi da barayi."
"To, lokacin da aka rubuta wannan batu, ba wanda yake so ya kasance a nan," in ji shi. “Duba yadda abin yake yanzu. Na ga wannan birni yana ci gaba da sauri ta yadda ba zan iya samun kuɗin gidan da nake zaune a ciki ba.
"Duk yana da kyau, ko da yake bangaren gurguzu ya tsorata ni," in ji shi, tare da lura cewa da yawa daga cikin danginsa duk 'yan sandan Boston ne. “Amma mutane na bukatar a zauna lafiya. Dole ne mutane su ji lafiya a gida kafin su iya ceton duniya. "
Ɗaya daga cikin dalilan da Boston za ta iya zama mai karɓuwa ga 'yan takara masu ci gaba shi ne cewa birni ne mafi ƙanƙanta, tare da kusan kashi ɗaya bisa uku na yawan jama'a tsakanin shekaru 20 zuwa 37.
Larry DiCara, mai shekaru 72, tsohon dan majalisar birnin Boston, ya ce ayyukan masana'anta sun kusan bace don samar da hanya ga masu hannu da shuni, masu ilimi. "Wadanda za su iya karanta The Times amma ba mutanen da dole ne su je coci." Ƙaruwar munanan laifuka a lokacin rani bai haifar da firgita ba, wanda mai yiwuwa ya sauya kuri'un New York zuwa dan takarar magajin gari na Democrat Eric Adams (Eric Adams).
Jonathan Cohn, shugaban kwamitin dimokuradiyya na gunduma ta 4 dake mara mata baya, ya bayyana cewa, Madam Wu ba ta da wani zabi illa gina nata tushe na siyasa bisa wasu tsare-tsare domin ba za ta iya dogaro da kabilanci ko mu’amalar unguwanni ba.
"Ana yin siyasa sau da yawa a nan ta hanya ta gaske,' wace coci, wace makaranta, wace al'umma', tana ƙoƙarin mayar da shi cikin tattaunawar siyasa," in ji shi.
Lokacin da Madam Wu ta shiga majalisar birnin a shekarar 2014, hukumar ta fi mayar da hankali ne kan ayyukan masu kada kuri'a, amma a cikin shekaru masu zuwa ta zama wani dandali na manufofin kasa, da sauyin yanayi, da yin kwaskwarima ga 'yan sanda. Manufofin da Madam Wu ta damu da su, kamar sufurin jama'a kyauta da kuma Green New Deal, sun zama dandalin magajin gari.
Wasu masu lura da al'amuran yau da kullun sun yi tambaya ko tsarin manufofin Madam Wu ya isa ya lashe ta a zaben na Nuwamba.
"Mutane kawai suna son wannan birni ya yi musu hidima, ba sa son kyawawan manufofi," in ji Cigibbs mai shekaru 81, wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin ɗan majalisa na baƙar fata na farko na birnin Thomas Atkins da Mataimakin Barney Frank na siyasa. Ta ce magajin garin Boston na gaba zai kasance cikin gaggawa don sarrafa karfi mai karfi a cikin babbar gwamnatin birnin.
"Masu jefa ƙuri'a sun fi wayo fiye da yadda muke zato, kuma wasu daga cikin abubuwan da suke so ba za su kai ga duk waɗannan kyawawan ra'ayoyin na jigilar jama'a kyauta da Green New Deal," in ji ta. "Za su zabi mutumin da suke tunanin shine mafi iya."
Boston tana haɓaka cikin sauri, kuma yawan mutanen Asiya da na Hispanic suma suna girma cikin sauri. Yana ganin raguwar adadin mazaunan farar fata da ba Hispanic ba, waɗanda a yanzu ke da ƙasa da kashi 45% na yawan jama'a. Yawan mazauna baƙi kuma yana raguwa, daga kusan 22% a cikin 2010 zuwa 19%.
Bayan Mr. Walsh ya zama ministar kwadago ta kasar, Ms. Jenny, wacce ta kasance shugabar majalisar birnin a lokacin, ta zama magajin gari a watan Maris. Mutane da yawa sun yi imanin cewa za ta shiga babban zaben. Amma ta kasance mai taka tsantsan game da sabon matsayinta kuma ta bi rubutun lokacin da ta bayyana a bainar jama'a, kuma abokin takararta, Ms. Campbell, lauya ce mai ilimin Princeton kuma ɗan takara mai himma.
Zabukan kananan hukumomi, musamman zabukan fidda gwani, na janyo rashin fitowar jama’a, kuma farare ne kuma sun girmi daukacin birnin. Steve Koczela, shugaban kwamitin zabe na MassInc, ya ce sauye-sauye ne kawai aka fara a Massachusetts a cikin 'yan shekarun nan, kuma Massachusetts ta ga jerin rashin gamsuwa daga mata masu ci gaba.
Lokacin aikawa: Satumba 16-2021
