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Yesterday, Joseph A. DeGuglielmo '29, the current city manager who is Cambridge's chief administrative officer, conducted an extended argument with his chief Council critic, Edward A. Crane '35, over how the City's financial affairs should...
Crane charged that miscalculation by DeGuglielmo raised the City's tax rate nearly $5 when a prudent policy could have stabilized the rate or kept down any increase. Last spring, the City raised its real estate tax from $72 to $76.90 per $1000 of property valuation. But yesterday the manager reported that the City has more than $1 million surplus, the largest in Cambridge's history...
Potshots are already beginning to ricochet off the calloused hide of City Manager Joseph DeGuglielmo in response to his latest plan for Cambridge--the consolidation of all the city's health and welfare facilities under one commissioner. His proposal, based on a report by Dr. Leona Baumgartner of Harvard Medical School, has been called everything from ineffectual to illegal...
...from Dr. Baumgartner's findings that there is much duplication--and hence waste--of health resources in the City. At the same time, funds are lacking for new services the City needs. Unification is an obvious and feasible answer, and niggling criticisms should not prevent the general implementation of DeGuglielmo's proposal...
Harvard has been left in the middle, unable to grant or refuse DeGuglielmo's request without alienating one of the two cities. President Pusey has wisely delayed his decision until he can act as mediator between Boston and Cambridge and work out a solution that will satisfy everyone. A solution does not have to mean banning the game; better crowd control by police and transportation directly from the Stadium are two simple steps that could be taken. But Boston cannot merely throw up its hands, nor can Cambridge dump the problem in Harvard's lap. The issue is between...