Word: sullivans
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...used to mill around when I was young too, but the difference was that we didn’t jump people going down the street,” Sullivan says. “And while the divisions—North Cambridge versus East Cambridge—have always existed, the rivalry has changed. Now it’s all about violence...
...says much of the blame for this violence rests with the Cambridge Housing Authority, which has cut back on both security and youth programs in response to a drop off in federal funding for public housing. Without after-school activities, Sullivan says “restless youth” have few things to do, and ultimately get into mischief...
...People don’t have the money to play sports because of the cutbacks, but if we could get them involved in the Pop Warner [Football] program, for example, then the kids would all know each other by the time they get to high school,” Sullivan says. “It becomes a sports community that breaks down neighborhood lines and class lines and race lines...
...Sullivan grew up in house on Ellery Street, watching his grandfather “Mickey the Dude,” a canny political player in Depression-era Democratic politics, dispense patronage and navigate local politics...
...mother, father, and one of his sisters still live on the same street in mid-Cambridge, while Sullivan himself lives on Homer Avenue in West Cambridge. (His ex-wife and teenage son and daughter live in nearby Belmont; he takes pride in noting that his 6’1’’ daughter is a varsity athlete at Belmont High School...