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But it still came as a surprise to many when, in the final tally, councillors Kenneth E. Reeves ’72 and Anthony D. Galluccio—both of whom had previously opposed the ban—ultimately cast yes votes.
Despite Reeves’s last minute shift, Clifford says he does not plan to stop supporting Reeves.
At one point, Councillor Kenneth E. Reeves ’72 said, “The legislature is not going to sign this,” and one woman shouted, “We have a right to try!”
In the end, though, the debate bounced back to ownership of the Charles—with Reeves quoting G. Pebble Gifford, a leader of the Harvard Square Defense Fund.
“Rome has the Tiber, Paris has the Seine, and they don’t build high-rises, so why should we allow them on the Charles?” Reeves said.