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Boston City Councilor David Scondras '68 who convinced the subcommittee meeting presented further evidence of discrimination against gays and lesbians working in the Boston police force. He prepared a sample of the test required of all applicants to the Boston police force, in which he said there are questions "clearly designed to screen for homosexuality...
...order sponsored by City Councilor William H. Walsh commissioned a report from the city manager on the formula used to tax rent-controlled housing, which Walsh said places a unfair burden on homeowners. The order passed by a vote of 5 to 2, with liberal lawmakers Saundra Graham and Alice K. Wolf absent...
...city manager's budget proposal, which he released yesterday, calls for city expenditures of about $192 million. Councilor Alfred E. Vellucci suggested requiring Harvard and MIT to double their Payments in lieu of taxes, which now total $1.5 million, as an additional source of revenue...
...lengthy discussion of medallion transfers, Councilor Saundra Graham charged that Goldberg had already agreed to sell his 26-cab fleet to his competitor, an allegation that he denied...
...Councilor William H. Walsh criticized McDavitt for proposing in a private meeting that Goldberg give ten of his medallions to the city in return for permission to dispose of the remaining 16 as he wished. "We're asking him to make a $600,000 donation to the city," he said, noting that a taxi medallion, sold singly, can cost up to $60,000 in Cambridge...