Word: ackermanns
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Cambridge Civic Association won seats on the City Council. It was only the second time since 1953 that liberals had gained control of the Council. And in the School Committee election, CCA liberals won three of six places, creating a situation in which reform-minded Mayor Barbara Ackermann could break the tie in favor of the liberals. The Mayor of Cambridge is permitted to vote in both the City Council and the School Committee...
Owens has shown little willingness to compromise so far. Ackermann and the two other liberals--Francis H. Duehay '55 and Robert Moncreiff--are firm in their stand behind Peterson. So Corcoran continues in his position as City Manager, probably finding it difficult to suppress guffaws at the liberals' fratricide. And Graham and many citizens of Cambridge wonder what they did to deserve this mess...
...deadlocks over the appointment of a new City Manager and school Superintendent. Wylie charged certain politicians have agreed that either the new manager or new superintendent must be black. He added that he did not think the black community intended this to happen. Wylie supports Bair, but Mayor Ackermann and Charles M. Pierce, the black liberal on the School Committee, favor Cheatham. Peter G. Gesell, the fourth member of the liberal majority on the Committee, appears to be neutral...
Things looked gloomy for Corcoran six months ago when five liberals who had campaigned on their promise to fire him won a majority of seats in the City Council. Mayor Barbara Ackermann and Councillors Francis H. Duehay '55, Saundra Graham, Robert Moncreiff and Henry F. Owens III immediately began their search for a new City Manager...
...Ackermann, Duehay and Moncreiff insist that Peterson is the better candidate because despite his age (28) he won the support of a substantial majority of those citizens who interviewed both...