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This year, the report will be of less interest for the city no longer depends on Harvard's good will and benificence. "For years we criticized because it was all we could do." City Councilor David Sullivan, who drafted the bill repealing the exemptions, says. And to a certain extent the criticisms were effective; Harvard, perhaps because it realized for the first time what pain it was inflicting, ended some large-scale evictions and relocated other tenants. "But now," Sullivan continues, "we have real power. We can do more than plead...
...most common refrain among Harvard's critics has been that the University is prepared to talk, talk, and talk some more, but never to act except at its own inclination. "If nothing else, maybe this can be the wedge; we need a partnership, we need a dialogue," former City Councilor Mary Ellen Preusser says...
...next fall, not much time to mend some fences that have fallen into disrepair. "For years everyone on the city council has been abusing Harvard verbally--it will be interesting to see how much was show, and how many will vote to really stick it to them," one city councilor, who asked not to be identified, said. "Even if they do start politicking, at least they're paying attention to us." David Sullivan adds...
...have my suspicions--I suspect someone connected with the Harvard University administration might have had something to do with it," city councilor David Sullivan, who was instrumental in drafting the bill, said yesterday...
...city council voted to symbolically "secede" from Harvard should the law pass. That idea appealed to the Harvard Lampoon, whose members dressed in storm trooper outfits and marched down Massachusetts Avenue toward the city Hall to demand that they too be made a separate state. Sutton records that Councilor Michael (Mickey the Dude) Sullivan was descending the steps as the Poonies arrived. He tried to stop the parade, and fell to the ground in the ensuing confusion. Luckily for the opponents of Plan E, Sullivan toppled in front of a photographer whose widely-circulated picture made it appear that...