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...Cambridge voters will indicate whether they think Sullivan’s efforts have paid off.Cambridge elects its nine-member City Council every two years. This year, for the second time in a row, all nine incumbents are seeking reelection.Under Cambridge’s Plan E form of government, the councillors elect one from among their ranks to hold the largely ceremonial position of mayor, while a hired city manager runs day-to-day operations. When Sullivan was chosen by his colleagues for a second term as mayor in January 2004, he became only the fourth major since World...
...janitors going into negotiations for a new contract. Several janitors were in attendance along with representatives from their union—Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 615—and members from various progressive groups. The protest also included local community leaders. Speaking from a bullhorn, Cambridge City Councillor Brian P. Murphy ’86-’87 declared, “This university is only as strong as it treats all of its workers.” While SLAM organizer Michael A. Gould-Wartofsky ’07 estimated that approximately 200 people attended the initial...
...Square of the 1960s and a desire for reinvigoration of unique local businesses. During the two-hour meeting, held in Christ Church, local business owners analyzed the retail store makeup and covered issues ranging from rents to parking to Harvard Square’s public image. Arranged by City Councillor Brian Murphy, the meeting was intended to compile a list of the needs and desires of business owners. Businesses owners called for free parking, lower rents, more greenery, the removal of the virtual teller near the CVS pharmacy, and a lingerie store. During the meeting, owners split up into small...
...benefits to attending Harvard. The disappearance of institutions like the Brattle might radically change the Cambridge students know and love.This scrutiny of the Square’s ongoing cultural transformation is particularly important to Brian P. Murphy ’86-’87, a Cambridge City Councillor who lives two blocks from Quincy House, where he lived as an undergraduate. Murphy’s recent focus on “the state of the Square” has led him to a number of realizations about the changing face of the Square. “People I talk...
...City Councillor Anthony D. Galluccio, who co-chairs the council’s University Relations Committee with Decker, says he wishes the often-contentious discussions of PILOT agreements could focus on the city services provided to the University rather than on dollar figures...