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When Crane served as alderman in 1939, he faced an inefficient self-seeking government which operated under the Plan B system of a weak 15-man council and a strong mayor. During this time, popular indignation against the city hall gang swelled and when the mayor went to jail, voters demanded reform. The result was a Cambridge Civic Association which instituted extensive municipal changes, including a new system of administration for Massachusetts--Plan E, a weak 9-man council, mayor, and city manager. The Cambridge Civic Association refused to back any of the old Council members, except Crane. "I guess...
...Offensive. In Toronto, Alderman Roy Belyea complained to the Board of Controls that something would have to be done about the growing starling population which has some residents afraid to venture forth without carrying their umbrellas...
...problem. His own reputation for honesty was widely respected, but graft still bit deep into the city's pockets, and Kennelly did little to control the politics-ridden city council. "The 'take' in the city is just as great as it ever was," said one alderman, "but it has been decentralized...
Balance of Power. In Hertford, England, running for county alderman, C.E.G.B. Goad cast his ballot for his rival, lost the election by one vote...
...undergraduate daily also charged that the tutoring firm, run by Joseph S. Alderman Yale '15 and Sidney E. Ross Yale '25, had attempted to spread its service throughout the Ivy League by advertising in college papers at Dartmouth, Princeton, and in the CRIMSON...