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...Councillor Thomas H.D. Mahoney, who is heading the search, feels that all nine councillors may be able to agree on the appointment, despite the deep division over the recent removal of Joseph A. DeGuglielmo '29. "That would be my hope--it may be unrealistic, but I wouldn't close the door," Mahoney said...
...dismissal of DeGuglielmo surprised few observers of City politics. Ever since January of 1966, when he rounded together five council votes to fire the then City Manager John J. Curry '19, DeGuglielmo had been walking on a tightrope. A minority bloc of four councillors led by Curry's long-time friend and ally, Councillor Edward A. Crane '35--had made their dislike of the DeGuglielmo administration quite clear, hitting the Manager on issues ranging from the tax rate to the printing of the City's annual report...
...Crane introduced a motion calling for the dismissal of DeGuglielmo. He gave no reasons, and did not have to, unless the City Manager requested them. Hayes immediately exercised his "charter right," which allows any councillor to delay consideration of a new piece of business until the next meeting...
Hayes charged the un-named councillor with "fronting" for the Wasserman Development Corp. Only later did he admit that he was referring to Crane...
...have had to sound them out on any decision other than the most routine. DeGuglielmo probably knew this, and it is unlikely that he really expected to remain as interim manager. The bloc opposing him had waited two years to dismiss him; they had the votes, and, as one councillor put it, "the ball game was over...