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...David P. Maher is, in different senses, both one of the longest and one of the shortest serving city councillors. He was first elected to the council in 1999 and has since served four terms—but his most recent stint on the council is only two months old. (Though he placed 11th in the 2005 election, Maher regained his seat this September after Councillor Michael A. Sullivan resigned...
...Maher, 49, is running as a candidate with a reputation for public service and a wealth of experience. The longtime social worker is a lifelong Cambridge resident—something that he says makes him particularly sensitive to the community’s needs, even if that means reining in spending. During his time in local government, he has gained a reputation as a consensus builder and a point-person for Cambridge when the city negotiates with Harvard...
Commander Daniel Maher, Pennington's current supervisor, attributes her success to her ability to communicate across cultures--military, medical or ethnic. But Pennington credits her leadership skills to the inspiration she receives from others and her desire to give something back. "It wasn't always easy to balance a military career and raising a family," she says. "But I have always tried to do something for someone else every day. People inspire you, and you inspire them, and after 21 years I can look back and say, 'Things are better because I cared. I know I made a difference...
...columnist failed to formulate one coherent critique of the campaigns she implied were self-promotional. Coggins’ editorial insinuated that last year’s hunger strike, part of the Stand for Security campaign, should be classified as narcissism, not true activism, a categorization she borrowed from Bill Maher. Coggins fairly paraphrased the TV host, but provided an obscured description of her classmates’ actions. Coggins contrasted a campaign that was, in every sense of the word, effective, with the recent “HIV Positive” stunt, praising those behind the latter for resisting...
...Maher is right. Too often activism does become narcissism. At its very core, activism is meant to bring about social and political change. Our country’s greatest activists have focused on the issues, not themselves—people like Susan B. Anthony or Martin Luther King, Jr. Now it’s hard to tell whether purported activists are championing their causes or themselves...