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...since Cambridge’s day-to-day operations are in the hands of an appointed city manager, Sullivan says a councillor??s job is not to legislate but to act as a liaison between residents and the city government...
...make government work for people,” Sullivan says. “I have customers in my business, and I have to get back to them right away. The city should work the same way, and a councillor??s job is to do the leg work, respond to the people who have issues, and give them honest answers...
...second consecutive week, the Cambridge City Council broke into fierce debate over one councillor??s request to alter the membership of its Neighborhood Safety Committee, a task force charged with addressing crime problems following a rise in robberies and assaults during the summer of 2006. However, much of the furor surrounded the Cambridge Chronicle, a local newspaper that has recently published several editorials criticizing the management of Mayor Kenneth E. Reeves ’72 in forming the Committee. During last week’s meeting, Councillor E. Denise Simmons put forth a resolution that would have increased...
...from safety hazards, such as potholes that had been reported but not repaired. During discussion of the report, Kelley asked Healy for more specific details about the city’s liability. Healy responded that his office could not account for every situation and thus could not answer the councillor??s question. However, Kelley continued to press Healy, saying the council would have possessed more useful information had Healy provided a “three-page resolution instead of a three-paragraph one.” “I’m not in favor of reports...
...reelected in November, dragged four large file boxes with her as a prop to represent the amount of paperwork faced by school administrators in an audit. Under Cambridge’s system of government, the School Committee—chaired by the mayor, who is also a city councillor??creates the budget for all public schools, which then goes before the City Council for approval. Several councillors supported the general idea of school accountability before the City Council, while worrying that Galluccio’s audit proposal would encroach on the School Committee’s sovereignty...