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...officials who shared in the spoils were also punished. Philadelphia City Councilman Louis Johanson, 52, received the same sentence as Myers. Because of his extensive involvement, New Jersey State Senator Angelo Errichetti received the harshest sentence: one six-year term, two five-year terms and $40,000 in fines. Under parole guidelines, each of the six must serve at least 14 months. All plan to appeal...
...staunch Democrat who worked his way up through 19 years as a city councilman (he was council president for four years), Schaefer is a master at circumventing city hall bureaucracy. He has managed to push through major ventures like the Inner Harbor redevelopment and the subway now abuilding, by creating a series of quasi-public commissions. On every major civic commitment he has sought direct approval from the voters by referendum; he won all but one of them...
...Bradley won an athletic scholarship to U.C.L.A. but quit school to join the city police department. After 21 years on the force, he used the law degree he had earned at night to start a practice. In 1969, following six years of service as a city councilman, he made his first bid for mayor...
Dallas, of course, has its share of urban shortcomings. Its mass-transit system, which consists of only 490 buses, is plainly inadequate, and a referendum on a new public-transportation system may be held soon. But, as City Councilman Lee Simpson says, "we've put our infrastructure in the hands of high-quality professionals, and our citizens have little tolerance for failure. That's why any weaknesses stand...
Cisneros, first elected a councilman in 1975, was instrumental in bringing a measure of peace to that divided body. When the opposition proposed attracting business to San Antonio by advertising the city's low wages, COPS angrily proposed that no company be allowed to move into San Antonio without guaranteeing workers a minimum wage of $15,000 a year. Arguing that economic development was in everyone's interest, Cisneros helped persuade COPS to drop its demand. He also joined his Anglo colleagues in persuading Control Data Corporation to build a 600-employee computer software plant in a distressed...