Word: craning
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...debate proceeded, Councillors Edward A. Crane '35, the former mayor and a Curry supporter, and Bernard Goldberg, a DeGuglielmo backer, exchanged perhaps the bitterest words of the entire dispute...
Take a look at the Councillors who voted for Hayes and DeGuglielmo: Hayes has only been on the Council since '62; Goldberg since '62; Coates since '64; Maher since last week; and Mrs. Wheeler, with an interruption, since '60. Of the Curry supporters, Crane, Vellucci, and Sullivan have the longest tenure of any current Councillors. Thomas H. D. Mahoney, first elected in 1963, is the sole newcomer, and his loyalty to Curry can be explained, to a large extent, by a long friendship with Crane...
From a feeling of relative isolation and impotence there evolved more purely political complaints. Perhaps Crane and Curry, having worked together so long, actually did pay less attention to the other Councillors (or to some of them). At any rate, it was said that Crane, Vellucci, and, to a lesser extent, Sullivan were getting too many jobs from the city manager's office. Some of the other Councillors wanted...
...there had to be a common element of irritation and animosity against Crane and Curry for DeGuglielmo to have united Councilors of such divergent political backgrounds. Had this element been missing, the desire, and probably the courage to challenge Crane would have been missing...
...more one watches this battle, the more one becomes convinced of the importance of personal as well as political relationships. For example, Councillor Maher's dislike of both Crane and Curry--particularly Curry--stretches back to 1963, when Maher first ran for the City Council and finished tenth, one place away from being a winner. A policeman then, Maher was switched from the detective section to the traffic division. He labelled the transfer political punishment and blamed both Curry and Crane...