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...proportional representation system, by which Cambridge Councilmen are elected, is another contributing factor to defeat of a controversial issue like urban renewal. PR makes it possible for a Councilman's election to hinge on a very small number of votes. If a Councilman supports an urban renewal project which will alienate a few voters, he jeopardizes his chances for reelection...
...Deal, Publisher Evans held that "no Republican is fit to hold public office." He tried his editorial best to see that none did. He also rang the Tennessean like a fire gong, calling attention to corruption and evil wherever he saw it. Cops, ward heelers, city councilmen and even Tennessee's late Political Boss Ed Crump, all bowed to Silliman Evans' journalistic wrath. Then, in 1955, Evans died peacefully in his sleep,f leaving two sons and a characteristic injunction in his will: "Continue to oppose the political machine until it and all its evil works are exterminated...
Three years later, Celebrezze decided to run for the Cleveland mayoralty as an independent. Despite the opposition of the regular Democratic and Republican organizations, he was elected. At first, he had trouble as mayor: he failed to delegate authority, did not get along with councilmen, was accused of being dictatorial. But, a hard worker (16 hours a day), he grew in his job and went on to five terms in city hall...
...reform the Guard have been met with outcries of rage from states, communities and guardsmen alike. Says an official of the National Guard Bureau in the Pentagon: "In many communities, the Guard is just like the fire department. Look around and you'll see even the mayor and councilmen in many of these towns are big guns in the Guard. If they aren't, they probably once were. And if you step on the Guard, you're stepping on the home-town folks...
...Taking office last July, Mayor Houlihan found a ready aide in City Manager Wayne Thompson, a persuasive performer who can speak the language of both the sociologists and the politicians. Between Houlihan and Thompson, so many projects are now under way in Oakland that Thompson has to give city councilmen daily reports of the breathless course of redevelopment. Oakland has finished, is building or is about to build projects costing some $750 million. Among them: 40 schools, two stadiums, $30 million worth of harbor improvements, two freeways costing $150 million, three slum-clearance projects totaling $74 million...