Word: aldermanic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Many blacks have not forgiven Sawyer for the manner in which he became mayor. Backed by 23 whites on the 50-member city council, he prevailed in a raucous all-night session a week after Washington's death. Supporters of Alderman Tim Evans, an ally of Washington's, smelled a sellout. Shouting "Uncle Tom Sawyer!" they asked, "How much, Sawyer? How much?" as they threw coins at him from the gallery...
...have to give kids something that inspires them," says Chicago Alderman Edwin Eisendrath, a former teacher. Imposing tighter standards without remedial help can backfire. Says Boyer: "It's like raising the hurdles and not giving students extra coaching when they were already tripping...
Vellucci also received endorsements last night from Somerville Mayor Eugene Brune and Alderman John Buonomo, Buonomo, who has been defeated twice by Marie Howe, called the Cantabrigian's attempt to oust Howe long overdue...
Howe also was praised by Somerville Alderman Michael Capuano, who described her as an unusual politician, one not afraid to take on the establishment. "If you don't know Marie Howe, you haven't been living in Somerville," he added...
...been an effective operator who got along with both the Richard Daley machine and the constituents of his black middle-class district. Under Chicago's notorious patronage system, Sawyer admits, he was able to place 16 friends and relatives in city jobs. Yet he was the first black alderman to break with former Mayor Jane Byrne and thus help Washington defeat her in 1983. He supported Washington's policies, but in a quiet style that did not alienate the council's white ethnic pols. While Washington won with solid black and some white-liberal support, Sawyer could conceivably build...