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...Department of Homeland Security program calls for the installation of around 180 surveillance cameras in the Boston metropolitan area, including eight in Cambridge—a prospect that has sown confusion and concern on the Cambridge City Council. In response, the Cambridge Civic Unity Committee, chaired by City Councillor Marjorie C. Decker, will be holding a meeting on Jan. 22 to discuss the surveillance program and to address community concerns. “The fact that [the cameras] were installed is news to me, and to most of my colleagues,” Decker said. “It?...
...rallied to the Cambridge Health Alliance’s side in recent weeks, forming a coalition called “Put Patients First” to urge Mass. Gov. Deval L. Patrick ’78 to steer clear of further cuts to Medicaid. At the same time, city councillors and residents have demanded greater budgetary accountability from the CHA and expressed concerns regarding health service cuts that the alliance had made. At a December council meeting, Cambridge Mayor E. Denise Simmons proposed an order that would have withheld the CHA’s city funding and stopped health clinic...
...would venture that Cambridge has if not the strongest, then certainly one of the strongest pension plans in the state,” said City Councillor Brian P. Murphy ’86-’87. “Certainly, for every pension system in the state, it’s been a rough year. But we’re fortunate that, because we behave more like an ant than a grasshopper, we’re more prepared to handle the economic winter than anybody else...
...City Councillor Craig A. Kelley said that while the pension fund has surely suffered, only a long-term perspective could provide the necessary context to examine its value...
Cambridge City Councillor Henrietta Davis also said that she thought solar-powered Wi-Fi would be particularly effective at raising the Square’s sustainability profile...