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Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson to Challenge Mayor Walsh

Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson to Challenge Mayor Walsh

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Boston Mayor Marty Walsh has a challenger for 2017.  On Wednesday afternoon, ending months of speculation, a website proclaiming Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson's (D-Roxbury) mayoral campaign sprang up online, coinciding with an earlier report from Politico that Jackson intends to make his official announcement Thursday at 2 p.m. from the city's Haley House soup kitchen on Dartmouth Street.

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh has a challenger for 2017.  On Wednesday afternoon, ending months of speculation, a website proclaiming Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson's (D-Roxbury) mayoral campaign sprang up online, coinciding with an earlier report from Politico that Jackson intends to make his official announcement Thursday at 2 p.m. from the city's Haley House soup kitchen on Dartmouth Street.…