Word: cyr
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Sullivan told Cyr then that he was too idealistic but that he "would get over it." After Cyr joined the city council in 1990, Cyr asked Sullivan if he thought the new councillor had gotten over his idealism...
...never get over it, you son of a bitch," Sullivan jokingly retorted, according to Cyr...
Sullivan gave city jobs to people who needed them. "The city was the employer of last resort," Cyr says. "It's old-fashioned patronage politics--you call up your city councillor and he gets...
Walter Sullivan's appeal came from his broad popularity among people from all walks of life. Cyr says that because of his broad constituency, Walter was a "perennial ticket topper...
...done some of the most innovative things," Cyr says. "His court is a model around the country...