Word: sargents
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Another bill for the same purpose is expected from Governor Sargent who in his annual Message cited such a measure as one of his executive priorities...
...legislators are somewhat less prone to showboating and somewhat more tired of the Patriot's continual pleas for a stadium. This may not be enough to assure the bill's defeat: Senate President Maurice Donahue may well decide to push hard for its passage, in order to embarrass Gov. Sargent - no friend of Donahue's - by forcing him to veto it or back down from his previous opposition to using eminent domain on Harvard Stadium...
...bill were to be approved by Sargent, it could still face a court fight. Massachusetts eminent domain law requires only that land be taken over for a "public purpose"-a provision which the bill's sponsors try to cover by saying that the Stadium could be used for high school teams, speakers etc. Harvard's lawyers could decide to challenge this public purpose in court, or argue that certain provisions of the state constitution exempt Harvard from eminent domain proceedings. Even if the University lost a court battle, by the time the Commonwealth was legally able to take possession...
Cawley heads the legislature's Federal Financial Assistance Committee, which will hold hearings Tuesday on the bill. Among witnesses invited to appear are Pro Football Commissioner Pete Rozelle, Boston's Mayor Kevin White, and Massachusetts' Governor Francis W. Sargent...
Emmons also confirmed reports that several private corporations were interested in the NASA site, but said that Gov. Sargent's Science and Technology Foundation had not discussed any specific plans for a private takeover of the site. Emmons is one of nine members of the group, which Sargent named to aid him in finding alternate uses for the NASA site...