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...years, the Cambridge administration has kept this balance with consummate success. What once was an utterly corrupt city government was thoroughly reformed. Yet a glance at the article below will show that such success is not self-perpetuating. City Manager John B. Atkinson has overstepped his authority--he has neglected his duties and ignored the City Council...
...upset the balance, and the result has been an onerous situation where Cambridge can neither get rid of him, nor bring him into line. The CCA itself has split over the question, one faction insisting on Atkinson's immediate reelection, the other on his dismissal. Actually, the anti-Atkinson group is merely trying to threaten the city manager as a means of forcing him to submit to the Council's authority. But because the Council cannot agree on a candidate to replace Atkinson, the threat is a watery one indeed. So Atkinson continues on his way with little fear...
Every Monday for the last nine weeks, the Cambridge City Council has solemnly gathered to elect a city manager. And each time, it has postponed this decision. The present manager, John B. Atkinson, still carries out the functions of his office and will continue to do so unofficially as long as the council procrastinates. For the past ten years, each newly-elected Council has reappointed Atkinson without dispute...
...years of service, Atkinson has accomplished much. Lower taxes, new city vehicles, elimination of hangers-on, better roads, and financial reform have made Cambridge government a model for many other municipalities...
...reform is no longer an issue. Councillors opposed to Atkinson's immediate appointment feel that the city should start making long-range plans: a capital finance program, extensive building, and gradual change in the school system. They feel that the manager has been negligent in this. Atkinson has been able to keep taxes down, but Cambridge has not had a new school building since the depression...