Word: deguglielmo
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...city manager John J. Curry '19, who has explained -- detail by detail -- how he ran Cambridge for nearly 14 years. But the long hearings have been punctuated by almost daily verbal battles between the four councillors supporting Curry and the majority that wants to replace him with Josph A. DeGuglielmo...
...this instance, the process worked in reverse. DeGuglielmo sought out the five councillors; Curry was not approachd and informed of the five's dissatisfaction. After working tirelessly (no one disagrees on that) since 1952, he was bluntly told that his services were no longer needed and that if he didn't want to resign politely, there were five votes to push him out. Curry felt rightly that he deserved better treatment and, with the backing of four-time mayor Edward A. Crane '35 who had worked closely with the manager, he decided to fight...
...applications for criminal complaints would be dropped. Curry would continue in office until next fall while a committee, chaired by the mediator, searched for a new manager. DeGuglielmo would be given a place on the committee along with two members of the five-man majority and one member of the minority. The rest of the committee--three or four men--would be respected professionals chosen for their knowledge of urban problems...
Edward A. Crane '35, a member of the pro-Curry faction, told mayor Daniel J. Hayes Jr., the leader of the DeGuglielmo majority, that "you and your colleagues are going to be pulverized at the hearing...
Vellucci declared that the dispute over manager had become a "drag 'em out ... dog eat dog" battle, and proposed that the nine councillors convene privately and agree to let Curry stay on until a suitable successor had been found. The DeGuglielmo majority voted this proposal down, and later, when Councillor Mahoney made a similar motion, it was also defeated...