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David L. Rosenbloom, commissioner of the Boston Department of Health and Hospitals, in a letter to Council President Patrick McDonough after the special committee had revised the proposal, stated that. "It is my firm belief that the ordinance, as amended, provides for an equitable, reasonable, and enforceable regulatory system which will assure that the considerable benefits which may accrue to society through these promising endeavors will be procured in a manner fully protective to the public health and safety...
...letter to McDonough, Rosenbloom said that although the potential gains from RDNA research are "enormous and far-reaching," at the same time, "it appears clear that the risks which may be present in this area have yet to be conclusively determined... and as government officials we have a joint responsibility to assure that potential risks... are minimized...
...Joseph F. McDonough '81, former chairman of the Student Assembly and a member of the Dowling Committee, is quick to defend the plan. "Some people say it won't give students real power," he says, adding, "But I'm an optimist. The proposal has very large opportunities for students to increase their influence in University affairs. It's a tremendous contrast with the impotence of the previous system." The key reform in the Dowling plan, McDonough says, is providing the assembly with independent financial resources: "With money it will be able to lobby, to be creative, to take the initiative...
Except for autonomy over its budget and social events, the new council would have only advisory responsibilities. McDonough and the other students on the Dowling Committee attempted to place a broad statement of the council's role as the "collective voice of the student body" in the committee's report, but even that was softened by compromise. The council "could eventually have the utility for students that the Faculty Council now has for faculty," Robert J. Kiely, master of Adams House and a member of the committee, says, adding. "In my 20 years at Harvard I've never seen...
Boston City Council President Patrick McDonough said at the rally. "The question here today is: are we, the citizens of Boston, going to rule ourselves, or be ruled by the mighty Kevin White? He's ruling for the benefit of himself, his friends, and no one else...