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Cambridge Mayor Kenneth E. Reeves '72 has been having a bad couple of weeks. Reeves, widely known in the community as a diligent and dedicated city official, has suddenly been besieged. First, there was an article in the Cambridge Chronicle, a local weekly, that accused Reeves of using a city...
"I'm not a crook or a criminal," Reeves said in an interview with The Crimson. The mayor, who is Black and gay, then went on to charge the Chronicle with biased reporting, maintaining that "the twins of both racism and homophobia are here."
Yet if, as Reeves and his supporters claim, the mayor is entirely innocent, then why is the F.B.I. now conducting an inquiry on his handling of the overpayment? And why has he continually refused to clarify the nearly 300 questionable expenses charged to the city's credit card?
"Mayor Reeves needs to substantiate what those expenses are," City Councillor Jonathan S. Myers said in a council meeting open to the public. "The public has a right to know and the city council has a right to know."
Although Reeves says he had no connection with Monday's protest, a phone number on a rally flyer was the same as that of the mayor's re-election campaign.