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...blustery day last fall that State Rep. George Keverian '53 (D-Everett) met House Speaker Thomas W. McGee (D-Lynn) on Reverse Beach and told the 9-year monarch of the State House that he would challenge his leadership this coming January...
...Keverian claims that McGee violated a trust when he announced that, far from abdicating, he had every intention of seeking re-election as Speaker in 1985. Betrayed by his mentor, Keverian threw down the gauntlet last October, proclaiming that he would oppose McGee as a rival candidate in the future election. Keverian's challenge had an immediate polarizing effect on the House, as representatives scurried to choose up sides. The battle lines were fairly well drawn only days later when McGee drew first blood: Keverian was sacked as Majority Leader and demoted to the status of rank and file member...
...daring group of young liberal Democrats who are strenuously campaigning for substantive rules reforms aimed at more than just the downfall of Thomas McGee. They hope to reshape the entire power structure and old-style politics that prevail on Beacon Hill. To that end, they have joined forces with Keverian in his struggle with McGee, despite the fact that for years the former Majority Leader backed the Spealter's opposition to any form of procedural codification. For then reformers, beat on change within the party above all, the cause celebre created by Keverian's challenge has provided a perfect opportunity...
With many of the procedural reforms already in place, Redesign's appeal turns on personality, act institutions. Important with extensive rules that will bind and families the relationships between people, Keverian has said he will have his new candidacy on new blood and a healthy outlook. As he told the House in a recent speech, "My dream was that as Speaker I would provide access, I would not be dictatorial, I would be thoughtful. I would be compassionate...
...consensus at the House is that Kevertian indeed would be an improvement on the old Speaker and his dictatorial ways. For George Keverian, finally out from under McGee's shadow, has proven himself to be a friendly, avuncular figure, much beloved by his colleagues, open to the press and eager to make amends for his previous association with McGee. Onlookers in the State House are betting that amiability will win Keverian the Speaker's seat...