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Neither could anyone else. A motion introduced by Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci to table the proposal until next week passed unanimously, allowing the council to wait for a more detailed proposal from the company before taking action...
Immediately after the vote, Sullivan asked Vellucci to explain his reasons for opposing the measure. But Vellucci declined to answer. "Mind your own business, Mr. Sullivan," the mayor said...
...measure was tabled in a 5-4 vote, with members of the progressive Cambridge Civic Association (CCA) squaring off against the council's four Independents. The swing vote was provided by Independent Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci, traditionally a supporter of rent control...
...other business, councillors received a report from the Mayor's Green Ribbon Committee to Research and Propose Minimum Rents, but forestalled discussion of the report. Sullivan charter-righted and order that would have referred the report to the city's Rent Control Board and requested that they hold a public meeting to discuss its contents...
...Vice Mayor Alice K. Wolf said that passage of the petition would prevent "cheating" by property owners, which she said would result in the illegal conversion of thousands of rent-controlled units...