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...saying maybe you put them on TV and cut off a thumb." OSCAR GOODMAN, Las Vegas Mayor, in a televised interview, on how to stop graffiti artists defacing the city's freeways...
...renew their terms and several challengers pushing for council seats, electoral success is far from guaranteed, even for the most seasoned of politicos.This past weekend, The Crimson followed three of this year’s council incumbents—Kennedy School of Government (KSG) student and current Vice Mayor Marjorie C. Decker, Councillor Brian P. Murphy ’86-’87, and Councillor Kenneth E. Reeves ’72—as they burned through the last of their shoe leather in hopes of snagging another council term. MARJORIE C. DECKER: Campaign at a CrossroadsFelix Arroyo...
...Adkins has also called for the termination of the city manager’s contract. The city manager, appointed by the City Council, oversees the day-to-day operation of the city while the mayor has a more ceremonial role. The current city manager, Robert W. Healy, has been in office since...
...standards.Wright left Holiday in 1965 to manage a theater festival in Spoleto, Italy. He then served briefly as editor of Chicago magazine in the early 1970s—though, by his own account, he was quickly pushed out of the job as retaliation for printing an item that mocked Mayor Richard Daley’s poor grammar. Since then, Wright has turned to the world of books, co-authoring two autobiographies of Luciano Pavarotti.Why did the publishing house reach out to Wright after the secret court came to light in 2002? “I don’t think...
Pulling out his cell phone as if to demonstrate, Cambridge Mayor Michael A. Sullivan explains that he returns many of his phone calls in the car to maximize efficiency.“One or two calls a day are the kind that give you a headache,” he says, outlining his routine procedure. “I return them first. Then, I return the rest.”Sullivan, who is running for reelection to the City Council on Tuesday, says that he makes returning calls personally a hallmark of his administration in order to reinforce his connection...