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...political sophistication of Cambridge officials caused part of the transformation in city-Harvard relations: "They still think Cambridge is run by political hacks and they snicker behind our backs; they are unaware of the sophistication that has developed on the Cambridge City Council over the last decade," says City Councilor Mary Ellen Preusser...
...Lewis A. Armistead, community relations representative in the Office of Government and Community Affiars, said the week of the disputed vote. Armistead added later that Harvard hadn't had a chance to study the idea. "We need more time to look at all its ramifications," Armistead said. One city councilor who voted Harvard's way, Kevin P. Crane '73, agreed the University had been the fall guy in the controversy. "The overlay really aimed at private interests, and Harvard was just a target," Crane said. "Even after the vote, we offered to plan with the city. They told...
...Harvard and those of Cambridge have clashed include University expansion into the surrounding community and the burden Harvard's tax-exempt status places on the rest of the city. In both cases, a majority on the council charges Harvard with arrogance--a "longstanding, inbred arrogance," according to one city councilor. The add that the University has little feeling for the people their decisions affect. "The place doesn't talk with a coherent voice," Sullivan says. "The community relations people are people of good will and they understand the ramifications of Harvard's actions--they've got to get some power...
...gains we have made will start to disappear if we don't get the fifth seat," City Councilor and state legislator Graham told the crowd, which gathered in the elegant cafeteria of the city's newly refurbished high school to pick the slate...
...Councilor David Wylie, who sponsored the resolution at the request of a representative of the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, said yesterday the city "will not lose any money because of the resolution...