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On the first Monday of the new year, five City Council members declared their aspiration to ascend to the top spot in Cambridge politics: Henrietta J. Davis, Marjorie C. Decker, David P. Maher, Kenneth E. Reeves ’72, and E. Denise Simmons.
Over the next four elections, Decker and Simmons announced their plans to run for a recently vacated State Senate seat and dropped from the mayoral race. As for the remaining contenders, Maher continued to hold a firm lead with four votes, while Reeves and Davis split the other five.
But Simmons reinforces the importance of the acting mayor as a fallback position. The role is always filled by the senior member of the Council—Reeves, in this year’s case.
Councillor Kenneth E. Reeves ’72 requested that City Manager Robert W. Healy clarify how the city came to have a separate water system from the one serving the Boston area, which is managed by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA).
An earlier version of the Apr. 30 news article "BMF Honors Former Cambridge City Mayor E. Denise Simmons" incorrectly stated that Mayor E. Denise Simmons is the first African American mayor of Cambridge. In fact, Kenneth E. Reeves ’72, was the first African American mayor of the...