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Unlike most municipalities, the council--rather than the people of Cambridge--selects the city's mayor. This year's mayoral battle had been going on since the new council was seated in January, with Kenneth E. Reeves '72 serving as acting mayor since he is the senior member of the...
"We have two meetings in one," Reeves said. "There is a lot on the agenda."
The council took its first vote for mayor in five weeks at about 8:30 p.m., with Reeves and Marjorie C. Decker switching their votes to Reeves, leaving then-front-runner Kathleen L. Born with three votes. Michael A. Sullivan, Galluccio and Reeves had two votes. Born kept smiling, even...
Otherwise, the maneuvering will continue until someone gives in, or until a coalition--the four Independents plus Reeves being the most likely scenario--is formed.
Healy, who has led the city to become one of the six best-financed cities in the nation, has come under heavy criticism for his nearly two-decades-long tenure. In September, Councillors Reeves, Toomey and Katherine Triantafillou voted not to extend his contract.