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Granting marriage licenses to same-sex couples “fulfilled our mission to fight for freedom for all,” said Councillor Kenneth E. Reeves ’72 before the ceremony. Reeves said the fact that Cambridge was the first city in the nation to offer those licenses was ”perfectly apropos” for Cambridge’s liberal reputation...
Winters said that in Worcester, which has directly elected its mayor since 1987—and whose system served as a model for Galluccio’s proposal—the most popular city councillor has gone on to become mayor without exception...
...Councillor David P. Maher warned against it, noting that several mainstream mayoral candidates could splinter the vote, enabling an extremist candidate...
Dennis L. Irish, a city councillor in Worcester, which directly elects its mayor, said that Cambridge’s proposed model could easily cause tension between the mayor and the city manager...
Supporting the proposal, councillor Murphy called Algiers—which has been owned by Emile Durzi for more than 30 years—”an institution” for Harvard Square residents and visitors and “the quintessential Cambridge business...