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...rent control law passed by the Council in September was supposed to have rolled back rents to March 1970 levels. However, nothing in government ever happens that fast. City Manager John Corcoran and City Solicitor Philip M. Cronin have continually delayed putting the law into effect. First Cronin, as interim rent control administrator, issued a temporary adjustment of all rents to the current level, delaying the roll-back provision. When he finally announced that roll-back would go into effect on December 1 he confused everyone by issuing 158 temporary adjustments of rents to the current level on the basis...
...Corcoran has been using his power of appointment to delay rent control. He has been considering three candidates for the post of rent control administrator for two months and made no appointment...
...Corcoran appears before the City Council now and then as a tired man, hunched over the microphone just to say "We're doing the best we can" or "I'll have to consult the city solicitor and get a legal opinion on this." With his deliberate slow pace of dealing with city affairs he doesn't come across as the sort who'll pull a new card out of his sleeve...
...Corcoran fired Spadafora on the basis of Spadafora's police record given to him by a source he refused to identify. Spadafora has been arrested for drunkenness and has had some speeding tickets, but why wasn't this brought up before he was hired? There are other city officials who have more dirt on their records. The fact that Corcoran refused to identify his source is the crucial point. "Someone" brought these violations up because he didn't like the fact that things were being done, and Corcoran, open to suggestion, fired Spadafora "in the best interests of the city...
Whether or not it will be in the best interests of the city remains to be seen. Administration of the rent control law will be greatly slowed down by this action. Corcoran has temporarily assigned someone from the city law department to work in the rent control office and it will take him time to begin work...