When I was a hippie, I never voted and I thought government was an enemy. Then I got elected. I discovered love; I discovered power; and the city discovered that gays wanted a lot more than just gay rights. Like most people, we cared about having a job; raising kids; getting into good schools; finding housing; getting medical care; and putting an end to homelessness. I took them all on. This book tells that story.

Angels, Liars and Thieves Boston 1946-2000 Book One: to 1946 to 1984 a Memoir by David Scondras, the first openly-gay elected Boston City Councilor It will come as no surprise that I dedicate this book to Robert Krebs who has spent the past 37 years living with me trying to help make our society a better place and who is my family. He taught me how to see the world from the point of view of a Methodist raised in Iowa, North Dakota, and California. Difficult for me, a radical Greek raised in Lowell, Massachusetts who thought another Greek Massachusetts politician, Michael Dukakis, was too...