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Cambridge City Councillor and former Mayor Walter J. Sullivan Jr., called Travaglini a "nice kid" but added that "we've had good representation with Michael [LoPresti] in there, and you don't change a horse in the middle of the stream...
Saying that the region needs a "full-time" state senator, Travaglini and his supporters have charged that LoPresti spends too much time in his job as a private attorney to be an effective representative, that he is inaccessible to the average voter and that he too often acts to please lobbyists at the expense of constituents...
While he won his first election on promises to respond to voter needs, "somewhere along the line, [LoPresti] lost that commitment" to accessibility, Travaglini's campaign manager, Carmen Monks, said...
...issue of full-time representation. [LoPresti's] a full-time attorney, [while] Bob is a full-time politician. $48,000 or $50,000 is a full-time job and should be taken as such," Monks said...
...members of the Cambridge City Council, eight of whose nine members have publicly endorsed LoPresti, say that he is an effective representative of his constituents and believe there is no reason to replace the sixth highest ranking member of the State Senate. The ninth member, David E. Sullivan, serves as general counsel to the Secretary of State and may not legally make endorsements...