Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Mounting opposition in both Cambridge and other parts of the Common th made it seem likely yesterday that Governor Volpe will veto the controversel bill to surrender part of the Common for the Sullivan office building ilts...
According to sponsor Thomas M. McNamara, the order to oppose Governor Volpe's $90 million highway bill would only apply to construction of an Inner Belt in Cambridge. McNamara said he hoped that the Cambridge State House delegation might amend the bill to give the City Council veto power over the route...
Governor Volpe will probably sign into law Monday the bill authorizing sale of Cambridge Common land to private developer John Briston Sullivan. But speculation grew yesterday that the Governor may veto the bill after Volpe announced that he had received numerous telephone calls and letters opposing...
...vetoed, the bill would return to the State Senate and House of Representatives, where a two-thirds vote would over-ride the veto. The only further obstacle facing Sullivan would be rezoning of the site by the Cambridge City Council to permit construction of the 15-story office building...
...Rolls. Voters will be divided into two rolls, one mostly white, the other mostly black. Each will elect 15 members of the legislature. The remaining 15 will be elected by both rolls under a percentage system that will ensure both the black and white voting blocs the power to veto any candidate. Though London's Daily Mirror called it "too clever by half," the plan's intent was clear: to give swing power to moderates of both races...