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Reeves, who had been endorsed in November's City Council race by the Cambridge Civic Association (CCA), was voted into his mayoral office by a narrow margin of supporters which consisted entirely of Independent city councillors, his former political opponents...
Reeves' collaboration with Independent Councillors Sheila T. Russell, Michael A. Sullivan, Timothy J. Toomey Jr., and William H. Walsh was denounced Monday in a letter issued by CCA President R. Philip Dowds...
Dowds accused Reeves of disregarding the CCA platform, which Dowds described as a commitment "to putting the public interest ahead of self-interest, and cooperation in pursuit of the progressive agenda." The CCA platform also includes a stance against multiple terms for mayors...
...While the CCA did not get involved in the dispute between the commission and the city manager, it did seem important to do what the election commission wanted to do, that is, to clarify the limits of the manager's power on the election commission," Dowds said. Until now, Healy had held that City Solicitor Russell B. Higley could conduct the evaluation. Scheir and Dowds said that as an employee of the city manager, Higley was not in the best position to make this decision...
...CCA, which was originally founded by proponents of Plan E, also backed the commissioners seeking an outside legal perspective because they're concerned about situations where judgment may be tainted by personal considerations...