Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn has perfected the art of swimming upstream. As a progressive tide swamps city politics, Flynn continues to call out bad policies and speak out for ordinary citizens.

This is especially needed as Boston navigates entrenched problems and new challenges.

When a registered sex offender with multiple convictions for sexually assaulting a child was revealed this summer to be a parks and recreation employee for the City of Boston, Flynn called for a hearing to review the city’s policy for hiring ex-convicts. The hearing was abruptly canceled, earning another clapback from the District 2 councilor.

“It sends a signal that politics is more important than actually trying to help returning citizens and having a discussion about potential jobs that would preclude retu

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