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...formerly expected that the council would elect a councillor endorsed by the Cambridge Civic Association, since the CCA has a majority of five on the council. However, Edward A. Crane '35, one of the CCA members, abstained from voting in the previous 48 ballots because of his disagreement with a CCA budget proposal...
...Last week, however, the CCA disassociated itself from Crane. freeing him to vote for Vellucci, an independent council member...
...Crane bases his refusal to vote for a mayor on his disagreement with the proposed budget. Up for ratification in ten days, the budget calls for a 22 per cent tax increase over last year's budget. Crane insists that this increase, the largest in the city's history, could be substantially curtailed...
...Crane said yesterday that he will endorse any councilman who will challenge this budget, which he feels will bring financial crisis to Cambridge...
Disagreeing with Crane, Cole said that funds could only be cut from the community school programs, adding that he believes the initiators of these school plans should be given another year to get the programs started...