Word: sennott
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...members of the Mass. House of Representatives, John R. Sennott, Jr. (Dem.) and John J. Campbell (Dem.), proposed a bill which would have levied upon the University the equivalent of 99 years in property taxes if it had purchased the Bennett St. yards. The bill later died in committee...
John J. Campbell, co-sponsor of House Bill No. 2173, emphasized at the hearing that "common ground" between the University and the MTA could be reached without damaging the city of Cambridge. John R. Sennott, father of the second sponsor, spoke about the "great drain on taxpayers" caused by the large amount of tax-exempt property in Cambridge...
...have no quarrel with the universities in the city," Sennott stated. He did object, however, to Harvard's freedom from many property taxes. Campbell pointed out that the Bennett St. yards represented the only major undeveloped land area in Cambridge, and felt that "a wonderful industrial center" might be constructed on the site...