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What Michelle Wu said to Annissa Essaibi George after Boston’s mayoral race
"You've shown up for Boston time and again."
a changing city hall
Boston’s Mayor-Elect Michelle Wu gained a new title on Tuesday night, but she still had some business to tend to on the City Council the next day.
As is tradition for an outgoing councilor, Wu addressed her elected peers in a farewell speech of sorts, though she was quick to say her co-workers can expect to still hear from her often from her new office across City Hall.
Still, her roundtable of praise for her fellow councilors meant she addressed her one-time opponent, Councilor Annissa Essaibi George, who she handedly bested with approximately 64 percent of the vote.
“We have been on the council together for many, many years, and to see your example as a mom who’s just going to get it done, no matter how many things are on the plate with the kids, with community; with your dedication to showing up in every space, no matter how many people are going to be at a meeting, no matter if any of the attendees are voters … you’re there,” Wu told Essaibi George. “And you’ve shown up for Boston time and again.
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“I want to thank you for the love of Boston that radiates out of everything that you do,” she added.
Wu now leaves behind the body she’s served on for the last seven years in an unusually quick transitional period to become the city’s next mayor. She begins her new post in less than two weeks, on Nov. 16.
At other times in her remarks on Wednesday, Wu recalled how her time on the council inspired her and taught her how to serve when, as a new councilor, she once had “no idea what I was doing whatsoever,” she said.
“This has been an incredibly important space and community within this chamber that we have,” Wu said. “And I thank you in advance for the many collaborations that we will have.”
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