Word: councilor
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...menu, has a letter designation. "Plan A" comes with a strong mayor. With "Plan E" you get a strong city manager. Plan A guides the city of Boston--its mayor is also its chief executive, and is elected directly by city residents. Cambridge's mayor is a city councilor--a legislator--picked by the other eight members of the council to serve as titular head of the city...
...City Councilor Barbara Ackermann said last week she has concentrated on "the provision of health services and how they get paid for." She has tried to staff neighborhood clinics and pressed for state aid to Cambridge to fill the gaps in aid caused by Medicare cutbacks. She has also worked for affirmative action and for eradication of patronage jobs...
David Wylie, a city councilor from 1973 to 1975, supports increased professionalism and citizen participation in city government. As councilor, Wylie said he, "more than anyone else," was responsible for the appointment of City Manager James L. Sullivan. He fought to end patronage, and started the Cambridge Food Co-op. Wylie is especially interested in making Cambridge a model city for citizen participation in municipal government...
...City Councilor Francis Duehay '55 said last week his special concerns include fiscal stability and reorganization of the police department. As chairman of the council Committee on Finance, Duehay has pushed to keep expenses down by eliminating exorbitant salaries of city employees, which he says take up 80 per cent of the city's budget as well as providing patronage slots. Duehay also supports environmental and energy conservation. He has served on the council for four terms, and believes he "bridges town and gown" in his understanding of both Cambridge and university interests...
...City Councilor Saundra Graham said last week she is the Convention's strongest promoter of affirmative action. "Women are not promoted in city government," she said last week. She wants to develop a job-skill bank so Cambridge residents can compete with outsiders for city jobs, has fought police brutality in Cambridge, and has supported the development of a cultural arts center for Cambridge. Graham has served on the city council since...