Word: councilor
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...Councilor Daniel Clinton, a newly elected Independent, let the cat out of the bag before the official start of last week's city council meeting: senior councilor Alfred E. Vellucci had successfully lobbied enough votes to be elected mayor. Clinton signalled the end to the mayoral stalemate by saying that the council could look forward to an ample supply of Italian delicacies during the next year. He's probably right, because Vellucci is admired not only for his political finesse, but also for his special Italian recipes...
Buzzwords were back in action at the city council meeting last week. But Councilor Francis H. Duehay '55 couldn't fool anyone with his substitution of "adjustment" for over-ride or bypass. The council is currently contemplating a popular referendum that would allow the city relief from continued budget reductions due to Proposition 2 1/2, and the councilors are understandably concerned that voters may be reluctant to throw away future tax cuts. Apparently Duehay feels an "adjustment" will be easier for the voters to approve than an "over-ride." Thursday night, however, his linguistic gymnastics prompted loud chuckles from most...
...Independent victory." Councilor Walter J. Sullivan said after the meeting Sullivan said he had engineered a Sunday reconciliation among the other Independents--Russell. Thomas W. Danehy and Daniel J. Clinton--and called Vellucci later...
...Councilor David Sullivan, one of the strongest supporters of the city's strict housing policies, said that the council's decision to block an appeal "struck me as particularly cowardly and irrational" and worried that it may set a precedent for similar maneuvers around the city's housing codes in the future...
...system's efficiency. Vellucci also noted that the had angered members of his family as well as tenants seeking permission to purchase and occupy their rent-controlled apartments as condominiums because of his record on rent control and condominium conversion.CrimsonElizabeth HarpelOn a unanimous vote last night, Cambridge city councilors elected Leonard J. Russell as vice mayor for a two-year term. Russell, an Independent councilor from North Cambridge, has been a consistent critic of the rent control board and the city's strict guidelines prohibiting condominium conversion...