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...over the years, Beacon Hill officials have argued that Harvard has abused its special rights. Many single out Harvard's handling of its Medical Area Total Energy Plant construction, citing the University's fight with local residents over the plant's environmental safeguards as the latest in a series of events displaying insensitivity. Furthermore, State House officials blame independently wealthy Harvard for snubbing state politics for national concerns. Adding to strained relations between the parties has been the burgeoning of public educational institutions since the 1960s. The increasing number of state-funded schools has sparked some conflict with the private...
That the relationship is often confrontational is proven anew each year when legislation is introduced to remove the tax-exempt status of private universities. That issue has been the only one in a long time to bring a Harvard President to Beacon Hill, many recall, Charles W. Eliot delivered a treatise on the need to preserve the independence of academic institutions to the legislature in 1909. President Bok repeated the message before a legislative committee last...
...lots of people on Beacon Hill say they have seen a change recently. James King, who took office just this past January as Schmidt's latest associate vice president for state affairs, seems largely responsible for the difference...
With these credentials, King started representing the University at the beginning of the spring semester. But Schmidt stresses that King's contacts were not the major reason he was signed on to the Harvard team. "There were many more candidates for the job who had more experience on Beacon Hill," Schmidt says, "We wanted someone who was experienced and knowledgeable about dealing with the state...
...There is a very strong effort on Beacon Hill to increase state aid to cities and towns who must decrease their expenditures because of 2 1/2. It is expected that the Commonwealth will reimburse up to 50 percent of the the decrease suffered by the cities and towns. There is a very good chance that this effort will be successful in light of the fact that there was a surplus in the state budget in the current fiscal year ending June 30th. Cambridge could get back up to five million dollars on the expected cut back of 10 million dollars...