Word: urbanely
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...this setting the newly-elected City Council can hardly afford a leisurely approach to the problem of renovating Cambridge. Fortunately, the elements for an effective program of "urban renewal" are already available. Last spring the City Council, by a vote of 6 to 2, approved a plan that would attack the problems of slum clearance and redevelopment by (1) appointing an assistant to the city manager to supervise the entire urban renewal program; (2) establishing a Housing Authority to inspect buildings throughout the city and decide which ones should be demolished or renovated; and (3) creating a Redevelopment Authority...
...have representative government when we have office holders committed to the views of a small minority of a minority organization? The writer is not in conflict with the principle of civic reform, urban renewal, or municipal efficiency. He merely feels that some consideration for the views of city planning board technicians, parents, and the general public might be more in keeping with democratic principles.... Edmund J. Casey (Independent and Democratic Candidate for City Council...
...C.C.A., on the other hand, claims a definite program which its nominees have followed in the past. The platform, with which few of the other candidates disagree, includes participation in the federal Urban Renewal Plan, more police protection, and a general improvement of parking and traffic conditions...
Realizing that these issues are scarcely central to good city government, the League of Women Voters has tried desperately to record each candidate's stand on the sole question of urban renewal in Cambridge. But the 50-word statements collected by the League offer little help, for most candidates say only that they are for good and against evil. A glance at the actual voting record, however, gives a clearer picture: the four CCA Councillors voted solidly for a definite program of slum clearance, while Edward J. Sullivan and John D. Lynch, two "independents" who are running for re-election...
...basic issue at stake on Nov. 8 is not urban renewal--however desirable this is; nor are an illegitimate child and a gasoline station important. The real question is whether Cambridge will support an organization known throughout the nation for its dedication to good local government...