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...when they do, Cambridge will see the firing of the City Manager--who is ultimately responsible for about 90 per cent of the jobs in the City, the firing of the City Solicitor, and the election of Cambridge's favorite liberal politician--Barbara Ackermann--to the mayoralty post. Ackermann's being named mayor is doubly important in view of the fact that the School Board elections have given a 50-50 split to "liberals" and "independents," meaning that the furor over Superintendent of Schools E. Frank Frisoli '35 will finally be calmed, by Barbara Ackermann with her tie-breaking vote...
...Ackermann's biggest job will not be keeping the liberal school Committee members together--they get along and are reasonably settled on issues--but rather trying to accomplish the same thing on the Council, where it will be her duty to keep such divergent types as Saundra Graham, on one hand, and Robert Moncreiff and Henry Owens, on the other, working and voting as a group...
...feel now that he has much bigger things than the Cambridge City Council in his sights, so that it's rather unlikely that he will line up with the older "independents" on the Council. But it is also felt that it will take a strong effort by Graham and Ackermann to keep him in the liberal camp...
Majority strength by either faction on the council will determine the election of a new mayor, chosen by council members from among themselves. Barbara Ackermann, a CCA incumbent reelected to the Council last Tuesday, is expected to replace current mayor Albert A. Vellucci, unless a successful Russell recount reverses the present CCA majority...
Other candidates also offer alternatives to the present administration. Incumbent Barbara Ackermann has worked hard during her terms for rent control and other reforms, but without support from other councillors it is hard to be effective. Cambridge Civic Association Candidates Jerry Cole and Fred Arsenault also offer ideas for changes in various areas of city life...