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...record-breaking meeting was made possible by the unexpected absence of Councilor Alfred E. Vellucci, the usual swing vote on the sharply divided body and a contender in the race for mayor...
...president's plan will lessen the money Cambridge gets from the federal government, city councilor David Sullivan said, "I'm disheartened to say the least at the notion of dismantling the federal government's role," he said, adding that the city's community development grants have been cut 15 per cent this year, and that funding for the neighborhood health centers has just been cut, putting the centers' futures in jeopardy...
...four mayoral ballots cast by the council were inconclusive--no one got the necessary five votes, and no one appeared likely to win a majority if the meeting went all night. So when councilor Saundra Graham moved to recess the meeting for a week, there was no opposition...
Exactly what Vellucci will have to pledge is unclear. Councilor David Sullivan said yesterday that "a lot of people will be watching how Al Vellucci votes" on an ordinance designed to strengthen the city's condominium ordinance...
Asked whether concessions on condominiums would be enough to win Vellucci the mayoralty, councilor Saundra Graham said, "I wouldn't sell myself so cheaply," and stated that housing policy "shouldn't be an issue for negotiation...