Boston mayoral candidate Josh Kraft is firing off a first volley of television ads that highlight his time at the helm of Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston.
“Josh saw me,” says Jonte Joseph in a 30-second spot. Joseph, now a young adult, was 9 years old when he first met Kraft at the Charlestown Boys and Girls Club, according to the Kraft campaign. “Politicians talk about giving opportunities to people like me, but Josh actually did it.”
Kraft, the son of Patriots owner Robert Kraft and the late philanthropist Myra Kraft, served as CEO of Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston from 2008 to 2020. In the slate of TV ads, Kraft’s former colleagues at Boys and Girls Clubs attest that he led with a humility that belied his upper-crust background…