Word: craning
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...last Avatar. decision came in December when Judge Edward M. Viola of the District Court in East Cambridge said that he did not have jurisdiction to pass on the case. It was sent to the Middlesex County Superior Court where Attorney Joseph Oteri, of Crane, Inker and Oteri, took over the defense...
Hayes charged the un-named councillor with "fronting" for the Wasserman Development Corp. Only later did he admit that he was referring to Crane...
...firing five then counter-attacked. Crane countered that "This talk has gone on over the years . . . you can't win in this business." Saying that he did not intend to belabor the point, but felt that "a few things should be straightened out," he defended his friendship with Wasserman as a "purely personal attachment" which predated his entrance into Cambridge politics. Crane recalled how his father--a Cambridge patrolman--had carried the Wasserman's wine (during prohibition) when the Wasserman family moved to a new home...
...After Crane spoke, the other members of the majority five defended the dismissal of DeGuglielmo. Mahoney spoke of his desire for professionalism; Danehy thought the move would bring "harmony" to the City; Ackermann accused the DeGuglielmo administration of delaying school construction...
Each of the past two City Managers solved this problem in his own way. Most observers considered Crane and Curry as one political unit. DeGuglielmo--a former councillor--made most of the major decisions of his administration; his council supporters merely ratified them. What the Council-Manager relationship will be under the next administration is still an open question...