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Councillors G. d'Andelot Belin and E. Vellucci are continuing a battle over the new rules of the Cambridge City Council...
Several weeks ago, a special committee by Belin submitted a revised set of rules to the Council. Perhaps the most significant improvement was a clause ordering councillors who wish to introduce a bill to present it to the City Council at least five days before the Monthly meeting...
...Belin, who proposed the change, argued it would give the members of the Council a chance to investigate and a measure before they had to it. Previously, new bills could be submitted during the session...
...rules' revision committee made changes, however, and one infuriated Vellucci. In an attempt to improve the Council's efficiency, Belin's committee cut out several standing committees which, they argued, "served no useful purpose." Among the casualties was Vellucci's Committee on Roads and Bridges. At the next meeting, before a vote be taken on the revised rules, Vellucci's Committee suddenly reported out --but to no avail. In a five to vote, Vellucci lost his campaign the revised rules rejected...
...Belin Expresses "Distress...