Photo puts a focus on City Council rift - The Boston Globe: "It was the kind of measure the council routinely passes with a perfunctory tap of the gavel. But that didn't happen yesterday.
'I've had enough!' Councilor at Large Stephen Murphy snapped, waving a piece of paper at his colleagues."
"Team Unity", mentioned in this article, is an alliance of the minority members of the City Council (Yoon, Arroyo, Turner, and Yancey). Here are a few references:
Yoon gets endorsement from councilors of color
At-large city council candidate Sam Yoon got a boost this week with an endorsement from Team Unity, the political organization formed by incumbent councilors Felix Arroyo, Chuck Turner and Charles Yancey. Citing a desire to broaden the ethnic and political diversity on the council, the Team Unity members said they planned to share campaign resources with Yoon and urged their supporters for vote for him.
Arroyo, Yoon clinch 2nd, 3rd place spots on council ballot
"Team Unity is the new Boston. The new Boston is the Boston that has been invisible to so many people for so long."
Sam Yoon Gets the Horns
Days before the council was set to approve next year’s operating budget, Yoon circulated a document saying he and his Team Unity colleagues (Chuck Turner, Felix Arroyo and Charles Yancey) would torpedo the budget unless the city committed an additional $4 million to summer jobs and youth services.
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