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The Cambridge City Council Monday night re-elected Kenneth E. Reeves '72 as mayor of the city in a hotly contested election.
Reeves, who had been endorsed in November's City Council race by the Cambridge Civic Association (CCA), was voted into his mayoral office by a narrow margin of supporters which consisted entirely of Independent city councillors, his former political opponents.
Reeves' collaboration with Independent Councillors Sheila T. Russell, Michael A. Sullivan, Timothy J. Toomey Jr., and William H. Walsh was denounced Monday in a letter issued by CCA President R. Philip Dowds.
Dowds accused Reeves of disregarding the CCA platform, which Dowds described as a commitment "to putting the public interest ahead of self-interest, and cooperation in pursuit of the progressive agenda." The CCA platform also includes a stance against multiple terms for mayors.
But in a statement issued last Friday by Reeves' supporters, the four councillors who together with Reeves himself gave him enough votes to win the election, said they felt their support for Reeves was in the best interests if the city.