Word: cronins
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Cambridge City Solicitor Philip M. Cronin said last night that Leen had dismissed a writ of mandamus petitioned by members of the Peace and Freedom Party and the Cambridge Housing convention. The writ asked the court to overturn a ruling by the Cambridge Election Commission that the rent control bill is illegal and cannot appear on the ballot...
According to Cronin, Leen's ruling was based on Article 47 of the Massachasetts Constitution which requires the State Legislature to give permission before a city can enact a rent control law. Leen could not be reached for comment last night...
...Cronin, whose decision that the rent control bill was illegal prompted the Election Commission to refuse it a place on the ballot, told the court that the bill as written is not only "illegal and unconstitutional, but totally unrelated to the problem in Cambridge." He said that the bill violates section 89 of the Massachuserts Constitution which states that no community may enact legislation providing for shelter unless the Massachusetts General Court declares a state of emergency...
...Cronin also said that the provision of the bill which appropriates $150,000 to enforce the law is illegal "since only the City Manager can appropriate money in the City of Cambridge...
Sullivan, the only other person to appear before the hearing, testified that a survey by the City of 500 apartments showed that 67 per cent did not have any rent increase in 1968. Cronin used this testimony to show that an emergency situation does not exist in Cambridge and said "there is nothing to justify a declaration of emergency in Cambridge...