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City officials, however, said yesterday they were still unsure if the petition would have the desired effect of giving the residents time to begin eminent domain proceedings on the Harvard property...
...that the U.S. is applying "salami tactics" to Washington, reclassifying, slice by slice, rivers and forests in a way she feels harms the state. A prime example: converting national forests that are now designated for multiple use, including logging, into tightly protected wilderness areas. Exercising its right of eminent domain, the Government is buying up private lands and including them in the restricted parcels. Says Ray: "I am against usurping private land. This is not federal encroachment. It's outright interference...
...council is likely to favor the down-zoning petition, since most councilors favor putting some restrictions on Harvard's rights to Cambridge. However, council approval of another citizens' proposal--that the city take over property by eminent domain, is an entirely different proposition. What's more, the opponents of the gym want the state legislature to change a state law to limit the expansion of all academic institutions in Cambridge, and this move seems to have an even smaller chance of success...
City Councilor Saundra Graham, whose community leadership two years ago blocked Harvard's proposal for constructing the Kennedy Library complex on the MBTA yards, says she does not recall a precedent for Cambridge taking Harvard's property by eminent domain. "I really don't want to raise people's hopes by saying I think the city will do this," she says. However, Graham is more hopeful about a proposal she herself is drafting for next year's legislative session that would give Cambridge residents home-rule on zoning and would require Harvard to consult with the city residents about future...
...Cambridge were to approve the proposal that the city undertake eminent domain proceedings on Harvard's Observatory Hill property, the building permit would be held up even longer, Richard McKinnon, administrative assistant to the City Council says. The residents are looking for just this kind of response. They really don't want the city to take the property back, but instead are hoping to stall for enough time until Graham can submit her resolution to the legislature. Additional suggestions, such as sitting down and talking about making Harvard pay more taxes to the city or calling further public hearings...