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BOSTON--Frustrating the state's efforts to certify five ballot questions from the November election, an appeals court judge yesterday delayed his ruling on whether to uphold a restraining order blocking enactment of the state referenda results...
...attorneys representing four plaintiffs suing the state charged Secretary of State Michael J. Connolly with violating the state constitution by not printing summaries of the nine referenda in voting booths...
...those of you who are visitors to Cambridge, or for those students who have been hibernating, a quick summary is in order. the Gabay administration, which took office squeaky-clean, has gone through a veritable Cuisinart of political scandal this year. The gaffes have included unheeded student referenda, unfair elections, and faulty attendance-taking. Through it all, the council has handled itself with the grace of a two-legged s(tool...
...almost comical then, watching the earnest reformers go to work, tinkering as they do with bylaws and referenda, yet without that most vital and curative of all elements, public interest--it's like without wheels. There can be no serious reform until council issues pass the most fundamental of all tests--the "do-I-care" test...
Even those who disagreed with him on this issue had to admit that Carey's leadership was the main reason that students who were at first undecided about the change were much more likely than not to support the Council's position. During the entire debate and the accompanying referenda, Carey always showed his poise and his determination to act on what was best for the student body...