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...first Monday of the new year, five City Council members declared their aspiration to ascend to the top spot in Cambridge politics: Henrietta J. Davis, Marjorie C. Decker, David P. Maher, Kenneth E. Reeves ’72, and E. Denise Simmons...
Over the next four elections, Decker and Simmons announced their plans to run for a recently vacated State Senate seat and dropped from the mayoral race. As for the remaining contenders, Maher continued to hold a firm lead with four votes, while Reeves and Davis split the other five...
Despite the smaller pool, however, the Council was repeatedly unable to reach a consensus. During the sixth and final election—on Feb. 22, eight weeks after the initial ballot—Decker expressed a desire to expedite the sluggish process...
...have to ask ourselves, if there is no mayor, and there are no committee assignments to chair, then what does the City Council do?” Decker said in a lengthy defense of urgency...
Councillor Marjorie C. Decker, chair of the Finance Committee, added that, despite the drop in state funding, the city’s school system will remain a priority to ensure that “every child regardless of their wealth or lack of it will have an education...