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Exchanges of charges, denials, innuendos and threats erupted this week after the city council on Monday approved a salary hike and a pension raise for retiring manager John H. Corcoran...
...raise handed Corcoran, who is 60 years old, a sizable increase in his retirement pension. Had the measure failed, Corcoran would have received an annual pension of $19,584; he will now draw almost $26,000 annually...
...council also voted to appoint Lowell city manager James Leo Sullivan as Corcoran's successor, effective April...
...Corcoran could not be reached for comment on the issue...
Wise explained that Corcoran, acting as the negotiator for the city, had refused to grant increases for night work and longevity service because he feared that he would be forced to grant similar increases to the Cambridge Fire Department...