Since Mike Ross is running for mayor, his District 8 City Council seat is open. Five candidates qualified to run to replace him. Angelica Addivinola is from the West End. Tom Dooley is from Beacon Hill. Gloria Murray is from Mission Hill. Mike Nichols lives in the Audubon Circle area, and Josh Zakim is from the Back Bay.

None of the candidates is well known, so I’ll introduce four of them through this column in the next two weeks. Addivinola is not yet included since I’ve not heard from her after I issued an invitation to be interviewed. Today we’ll focus on Nichols and Dooley. Continue reading →