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...situation was a stalemate when most students left the City in June. Four of the CCA endorsed liberals on the Council--Mayor Barbara Ackermann. Robert P. Moncreiff, Francis H. Duehay '55 alid Saundra Graham--supported Howard C. (Neil) Peterson, former City Administrator of New Brunswick...

Author: By Leo FJ. Wilking, | Title: The City Council's Summer of Discontent | 9/18/1972 | See Source »

...have no intention of voting for Mr. Johnson for City Manager or of being parties to the final removal of John Corcoran so that Mr Johnson can be voted in by others," says a statement issued by Ackermann,. Duehay, Graham and Moncreiff...

Author: By Leo FJ. Wilking, | Title: The City Council's Summer of Discontent | 9/18/1972 | See Source »

...Peterson is the consensus candidate of the reform movement, Moncreiff says. "Owens must show he is a member of the team...

Author: By Leo FJ. Wilking, | Title: The City Council's Summer of Discontent | 9/18/1972 | See Source »

This attitude manifests itself in "a lot of petty grievances that we refuse to bury," according to councillor Danehy. The typical meeting is certain to contain at least one attack by Danehy on Councillor Robert Moncreiff for "legal trickery," an outburst by Owens on the "unfairness" of the proceedings, and a long, humorously pointed anecdote by former Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci, who is currently running for State Representative...

Author: By Joel M. Goldberg, | Title: City Council: A Problem of Behavior | 8/1/1972 | See Source »

Although the Council-Manager form of government vests few formal powers in the Mayor, Ackermann is noteworthy for her stoicism in allowing disorder and personal attacks, even when directed against herself. When the shouting among Danehy, Vellucci and Moncreiff gets out of hand, as it did last week, she simply waits for it to subside rather than trying to restore order...

Author: By Joel M. Goldberg, | Title: City Council: A Problem of Behavior | 8/1/1972 | See Source »

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