Word: councilor
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...town meeting began exactly at 8 p.m. in the dimly lighted white clapboard auditorium overlooking Port Stanley's harbor. In the chair was Councilor Terry Peck, 45, an earnest, stocky plumber and former police chief who dutifully jotted notes on the proceedings. But the residents of the tiny capital (pop. 1,050) of the Falkland Islands were not getting together simply to discuss the local issues that bedevil most small communities. One man asked when the town gym, which is now occupied by British soldiers, would be open to the public again. Another grumbled about the military trucks that...
Despite the mood of melancholy resignation, the kelpers remain grateful for the British presence. "They are far more concerned about the Argies," says Councilor John Cheek. "People here worry about a sneak air raid or a commando landing. To prevent that, they'll put up with almost anything...
Area residents began to complain about the structure two years ago. Leonard J. Russell, city councilor from that area of the city, said that he contacted then-Gov. Edward J. King and the Army Corps of Engineers. The Corps of Engineers set up the temporary structure in a weekend, and the Department of Public Works consented to start working on a longer-term solution. Soon after, the state set up a temporary bridge to reduce the traffic flow from the deteriorating bridge...
King refused to discuss his opponents--Finnegan and City Councilor Raymond L. Flynn are considered to be White's prime challengers--and stressed instead the problems he said are crippling the city: lack of jobs and housing, crime, educational problems, racism, and unequal distribution of city funds...
...system, currently estimates at 45,000 employees, and to force the city, for the first time, to separate political loyalties from city jobs. But when the victory celebrations are over, and the real business of governing begins, Washington will face a city unaccustomed to political change. As one city councilor put it in the '20s, "this town ain't ready for reform." The existing power structures will still be there, and the cronice and lackeys of Byrne and Daley have yet to leave town. Like any reformer, Washington must face an opposition that resists changing the status quo, one which...