Word: velluccis
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Cheers arose from the back of the council chambers last night as Councilor Alfred E. Vellucci voiced his support for the petition. "I don't have any feelings for the big industrialists who want to make money off the working people of Cambridge," Vellucci said...
...Vellucci added that he cast his vote with "Alfred Vellucci, with neither the Independents nor the Liberals...
...council still remains split four to four, along progressive-conservative lines with the unpredictable Alfred E. Vellucci providing the swing vote. Vellucci's vote for Danehy appears to be a petulant, isolated one, spiting the progressive coalition which elected him mayor in 1975 and supported him in the most recent election. But if his support for Danehy results in Vellucci sliding into the conservative camp, this somewhat Faustian pact will have severe repercussions...
Danehy does have some positive credits to his name, provided by both liberal and Independent members. The morning after Danehy's election, Wylie said he believes Danehy will be business-like and may even prove to be a good mayor. Graham and Vellucci have expressed similar sentiments. Alice Wolf--a member of the school committee that Danehy as mayor, will also chair--reserved any judgments, but said optimistically, that she hopes the situation will work out well. On the more negative side of things, the liberal members and supporters of the Cambridge School Committee fear some conflicts with Danehy...
Despite the disappointments that surround this election, Vellucci has perhaps best summed up what the coming year will be like. In response to why he would vote for such a conservative mayor, Vellucci says, "I think he will be a good mayor. It is really only a ceremonial position, and if he gets up there and votes against rent control, who cares. There will still be eight votes in support...