Word: sullivane
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...introduce himself. He did not have to. This was not the first meeting Councilman Edward J. Sullivan had called with his district's residents and, from the appearance of the problem, it would not be the last. "This meeting has been called, as you all know because the parking problem in this College area has produced a dangerous condition," the Councillor continued. Then he paused. "And it has been proven that the students are the big offenders," he added quickly. The crowd murmured its approval...
...latest clash of interests centers about parking space. It seems that tax-type citizens object to members of Dunster and Leverett Houses usurping the streets that surrounded those Houses. City Councillor Sullivan sides with the taxpayers. He figures that they should have the advantage of those parking spaces, despite the fact that it is theoretically as illegal for tax-payers to park there as it is for students. But anyone who has beaten the system by parking overnight--without ever being ticketed--on those streets that are generally filled with Massachusetts license plates know that theory is a very relative...
Councillor Sullivan has long had Harvard's interest in view, in his sights one might say, and his annual Spring Parking Drive has always been a sign that good weather is not far away. This year he has been urging that only seniors be allowed to bring cars to Harvard. This is one solution. But the simplest is ever the best, and a much simpler way of solving the parking problem is evident. Harvard should foreclose the mortgages and end the leases it holds in the vicinity of the University, turning the vacated land into parking lots. There really...
...down with Harvard officials two and a half years ago," Sullivan told the group. "They said they would help and I suggested that they permit only seniors to have cars at college. But they have not cooperated," he said...
...Sullivan said that "Operation Parking" should be in effect within two weeks...