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...voted to appoint James Sullivan city manager, the council raised the manager's annual pay from $34,000 to $45,000. Danehy called the pay hike "the most brazen political act ever taken in this city," and charged that the coalition raised the manager's salary prior to John Corcoran's April 1 retirement in order to increase Corcoran's pension...
Danehy also alleged that the council coalition had bargained with Corcoran, promising the pension increase, in return for his resignation without a fight...
...order to get Mr. Corcoran to retire without having to fire him, the councilors told him they'd sweeten up his pay," Danehy said...
Clinton did not openly charge the council coalition with making an illegal political deal, but he was quick to point out that Corcoran was the first city manager in the history of Cambridge to be relieved of his duties without asking for a public hearing...
Danehy was more daring. At a council meeting he told a story of a woman who asked him about Corcoran's connection with the coalition. "She asked me if the councilors made a political bribe with Corcoran in order to pacify him," Danehy said...