Analysis of article:
http://thephoenix.com/Boston/News/86242-Asians-for-Yoon-%E2%80%94-or-maybe-the-other-guys/
I work right off of Dorchester Avenue. I, too, stroll down Dorchester Avenue to see the many many signs that adorn the windows of the Vietnamese stores. Multiple signs in one store dilute the message. Furthermore, it has been said in previous comments some owners as well as some customers don't even know who they are. That may be correct.
Also, having worked in Chinatown this past year, I know that intimidation is less likely but bribery (like treating residents to lunch) is often done by some Chinatown associations to have them vote for the "machine" politician in past elections. I will not be surprised that this will be the case as well. We are lulled to sleep by a mayor who has been in office for FAR TOO LONG while the rest of the cities in the U.S. progress towards the future. I was in middle school in the Boston Public Schools when he became mayor and now I am almost 30. Mr. Flaherty offers the same "machine-type" politics backed by the Boston Firefighters' Union. It's time to move forward and to stop the political machines. Lastly, if Mr. Yoon is just relying on the Asian vote, he will lose. He's smart enough to figure that one out already.
One postscript...that picture is %$^%^$ up...
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