<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: courier new,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>Just saw this on Facebook, posted by Marcus Mitchell:<div><br></div><div>"Paper ballot count at the Board of Elections put Councilman Jackson
ahead, and he has won re-election. I wish him success in helping to
manage the city through difficult times ahead. And I thank everyone who
supported and voted for me."</div><div><br></div><div>I'm saddened, but also inspired by the activism of my neighbors -- on all sides. A contested election is good for all of us. I hope we can use this energy in a positive way in the coming years, not only to hold our elected officials accountable, but to dream of and aspire to an even better neighborhood. I'll try to do my part. Thanks everyone!</div><div><br></div><div>m<br><br><div><span name="x"></span><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">Mark Santow<br>Associate Professor and Chair, History<br>University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth<br><br>Blog: <a href="http://www.chantsdemocratic.blogspot.com/">http://www.chantsdemocratic.blogspot.com/</a><br>Twitter: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/alinskylives">http://www.twitter.com/alinskylives</a></font><div><font size="4" face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">"<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 17px; text-align: left; ">Dogma is the enemy of human freedom...The human spirit glows from that small inner doubt of whether we are right, while those who believe with complete certainty that they possess the right are dark inside and darken the world with cruelty, pain, and injustice."</span></font></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 17px; text-align: left; "><font size="4" face="georgia, serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 17px; text-align: left; "><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">Saul Alinsky, Rules for Radicals, 1971</font></span></div><span name="x"></span><br></div></div></div></body></html>