Does MA have a white supremacy problem? Depends which Brockton state rep hopeful you ask.
Does MA have a white supremacy problem? Depends which Brockton state rep hopeful you ask. Chris Helms The Enterprise Published Aug 28, 2022 Brockton NAACP presents MA State Representative 11th Plymouth District Debate Night 8-25-22 BROCKTON – Candidates for the city's new majority-minority State House district took questions on race, rent and revitalization in a debate hosted by the Brockton Area Branch NAACP. Three people hope to represent the 11th Plymouth District: Democrats Shirley Asack and Rita Mendes, plus Fred Fontaine, who is running as an independent on a sticker campaign after missing an election filing deadline. Asack and Mendes both serve on the City Council, with Asack the longtime representative of Ward 7 and Mendes the top vote-getter among at-large candidates. Questions from panelists Patricia Jackson and Courtney Henderson laid bare some differences among the candidates at the forum on Thu...