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Political opponents of the CCA, however, have taken issue with that assessment of the council's actions, arguing that the body has spent its first months doing little at great length...
...However, CCA supporters say they have made clear progress in their relationship with city administrators. Shortly after the CCA victory in November, many city politicoes predicted that the new council would be hamstrung by an inability to work with City Manager Robert W. Healy, who wields almost all executive power under Cambridge's 'Plan E' form of government...
...strong proponent of new commercial development for the city, Healy has often been criticized by CCA-backers for neglecting the negative impact such projects can have on city residents...
Nonetheless CCA-backed councillors point to their agreement with Healy on one key move--the decision to hire a city police commissioner--as a sign of increasing cooperation...
...while the council has taken almost no action to curb development in the city, CCA backers say that one of the key problems they face lies in the composition of city boards and commissions--an area of government over which the council has no direct control...