Word: run
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Since the city cannot get enough money to run itself from valuations it must turn to the tax rate for a source of income. The assessment valuation plus the tax rate gives an index figure which a city must maintain to operate properly. Thus, throughout Curley's administrations, the tax rate has been going up and, if the valuation were to drop to the real value of the land now, the tax rate would be even higher...
...spending? To a certain extent, yes. The police and fire departments are efficient services as far as doing their job goes. Reports by an impartial group of observers hired by the Boston Finance Commission, indicate that the services rendered by these departments are adequate but that they are both run too extravagantly. Boston pays the highest rate per capita for its fire department of any city in the country...
...ballot, too, will be the referendum to change the city's charter from Plan B to Plan A. Under the new plan, the city council would be reduced from 22 to 9 members and each election year a run-off primary would be held to reduce the field of candidates for mayor, councilman and school committeeman to two. Most important, the new charter would permit the council to override the veto of the mayor on all bills except loans and appropriations, by a two-thirds vote. Since this is the only referendum on the ballot, there is a very strong...
...freshman team will consist of: Paul Judy, Arlen Adams, John Kimball, Jim Little, Goody Cooke, Tom Edwards, Guido Perers, Chuck Boit, Bill Blumenthal, Mat Scanlan, Bob Swaney, and John De Botynkops. The freshmen will run 3.2 miles...
...Bellboy line opened up holes for the hard driving halfback Brooks Wilder at midfield, but the T attack always stalled near the goalline. Lowell nearly broke the deadlock in the last minute of play when a run by Bill Graves and a pair of passes from Bob Woodruff to flanker John Goldsmith moved the ball from the Bellboy 20 to the Winthrop 30 before the final whistle blew...