Charlie Harris isn’t happy with what he sees as left- and right-wing polarization in Boston. Former District 3 Councillor Frank Baker, he says, takes the middle path and gets his vote for at-large council. “That’s where a councillor should be,” he added, “listening to both sides and coming up with solutions,” Harris said.

“He’s got good values and he’s from Boston,” chimed in Charlie’s brother Paul. “You’ve got outsiders who come here from California and Chicago … and tell people how they should live. You’ve got to listen to people and compromise. Frank’s regular. That’s what we like.”

The Harris brothers, both born and raised in Dorchester, where they knew Baker and his large family, joined the 57-year-old candidate for a fundraiser at Costello’s Tavern in Jamaica Plain last weekend. It

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