Word: councilor
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...City Councilor Francis H. Duehay '55 said yesterday he believes the mayor's order may be premature, but added he does not think "anyone is sitting on the edge of their chairs." Duehay said he may favor extending the moratorium for two or three weeks while the council evaluates the report, although he said he believes three months may be an excessive extension
...Monday's deliberations, City Councilor Walter J. Sullivan moved that the council require the police commissioner to reside in Cambridge. In the debate following Sullivan's proposal, Mayor Alfred E. Velluci questioned the legality of such a residency requirement...
...City Councilor Francis H. Duehay '55 said at the meeting that after a prospective commissioner is informed of his appointment he could move into Cambridge "two days before" it becomes official, rendering the residency requirement ineffective...
...City Councilor Saundra Graham then proposed, as a substitute amendment to Sullivan's motion, that the council allow a commissioner one year to establish Cambridge residency before requiring that he forfeit the position. This motion was passed...
Within Cambridge, the victory of City Councilor Saundra Graham over incumbent John J. Toomey for the fourth Middlesex district's seat in the state legislature is very encouraging. Graham has been a dedicated member of the city council, and a vocal advocate of rent control and the rights of the city's minority groups. In the state house, Graham should continue those efforts and serve Cambridge as a much more distinguished representative than her predecessor...