Word: civically
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...School Committee, the City Council election currently features charges of corruption and immorality that have gotten citizens excited--if not well-informed. Yet while the accusations fly back and forth, the basic issue in the Council contest remains the same as in the School election: giving the Cambridge Civic Association the chance to show what good government can accomplish...
...Cambridge election lacking the usual goal of throwing the rascals out is, at best, a dull affair. Yet this year it is an important affair, for the present School Committee, dominated by a majority from the Cambridge Civic Association, has quietly and effectively improved local educational standards. There are no sensational issues, no smears, no charges of graft; there is just the simple issue of keeping good government forces in power...
...Cambridge Civic Association, one of the oldest reform groups in New England, is battling to retain its School Committee majority. Formed ten years ago when local politics was content and corrupt, the CCA has championed good, non-partisan slates. Its Endorsement Committee has screened all candidates, and while there have undoubtedly been well-qualified independents, a CCA endorsement commits a candidate to a platform of real reform. Other good government groups all over the country will be watching to see how the CCA fares in this year's election...
Moreover, Powers' voting record in the Senate on civic improvements can only be defined as obstructionist. As a senator, he opposed satisfactory state highway, city parking, and garbage disposal programs. Now he accuses Hynes of penny pinching. Finally, Powers' accusation of city corruption was refuted by the man he claimed had made the charge...
...probable lone shoo-in, Judson T. Shaplin, an Educational School administrator, will be seeking re-election to the City School Committee endorsed by the Cambridge Civic Association, the party which pledges to be "more sympathetic to requests from Harvard...