“Voters should pick their candidates based on who’s best for the job — most diligent at council business, and most adept at identifying key issues and addressing them. The contest isn’t about personal ambitions, or any particular neighborhood, race, or gender. It’s about serving the citizens of Boston.
On that basis alone, the four incumbents — Ayanna Pressley, John Connolly, Stephen Murphy, and Felix Arroyo Jr. — have distinguished themselves.