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Speaking in the subdued language favored by the voters of 1977, Koch promised little more than a New York version of blood, sweat and tears. Koch emphasized the need for further budget cutting and restraint on the once insatiable municipal unions. He reminded voters that even in bygone days when...
VOTERS RARELY have such clear choices in an election as they do today. During the next two years the Cambridge City Council and School Committee will decide on the future of rent control, condominium controls, land development and the staffing of the school system. Today, however, voters will decide the...
Sullivan's specialty is not pulling strings to win votes and influence people. While Vellucci works to keep his name in the public eye and good food in the stomachs of his supporters, Sullivan plays the cautious, unsensational business executive, trying to rein in municipal spending, draw in more federal...
The zoo atmoshphere in the council chambers subsided after that, at least on the city manager issue. Sullivan's former assistant city manager, John H. Corcoran, took his old boss's post. But Corcoran was a relatively weak manager, and by 1974 the city faced many unsolved problems: corruption the...
David Wylie, a city councilor from 1973 to 1975, supports increased professionalism and citizen participation in city government. As councilor, Wylie said he, "more than anyone else," was responsible for the appointment of City Manager James L. Sullivan. He fought to end patronage, and started the Cambridge Food Co-op...