Word: councillor
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...other three C.C.A. members, Hyman Pill, Chester A. Higley, and W. Donnison Swan '19, wish to see Atkinson reappointed. One independent Councillor, John W. Lynch, also has supported him publically...
...reconciliation among Cambridge Civic Association-sponsored city councillors over the re-election of City Manager John B. Atkinson failed to materialize in yesterday's City Council meeting, as a motion for an election was twice defeated on the floor. According to one C.C.A. councillor, however, the deadlock should be resolved by the next council meeting on Monday, and Atkinson will be re-elected then...
...independents first move was by Councillor John J Foley, a long-time opponent of Atkinson, to take off the table a two-week old motion for election. When Foley called for a suspension of the rules and an immediate vote for the manager without debate, the C.C.A. majority abled the motion again, five to four...
...Later, Councillor John D. Lynch, a non-C.C.A. man but pro-Atkinson, introduced a new motion to proceed to the election. C.C.A. Mayor Joseph A. De-Ouglielmo declared the new motion was out of order, however, and when Lynch appealed his decision, DeGuglielmo denied the appeal because it was not seconded...
Although formal elections are not held until January, Deguglielmo was assured a majority of the city council votes at a Cambridge Civic Association caucus held before the council meeting. The Cambridge Civic Association candidates comprise five of the council's nine members. The mayor is a councillor, but also acts as titular head of the city and presides at all social functions...