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Michael F. Brewer, director for governmental relations in the Office of Government and Community Affairs, who is out of the state, said two months ago that the clause allowing the University to demand an extra vote, although rarely exercised, is essential to the University's interests as a large property-holder...
Procedural questions, including the meaning of a "present" vote in city council discussions, and a new zoning statute which sets up a three-month period for complaints might allow the case to be decided without discussion of the constitutional issues, Randall said...
...only case law precedent on the books in Massachusetts is Trumper vs. Quincy, Randall said. The Supreme Judicial Court in that case upheld neighborhood property-owners who had demanded a three-fourths vote. "The standing of the owners was not a question there however; we are arguing that since Harvard is not an individual it is a different question," Randall said...
...question of whether or not Kennedy's popularity is high in Cambridge is moot," City Councilor Saundra Graham said yesterday. Graham cast the one dissenting vote on the motion to put the question of Kennedy's candidacy on the ballot. "Kennedy should decide for himself if he is going to run, not me or anyone else," she said. "We should not try to draft someone for the presidency...
...House of Representatives is debating a bill, approved by a large margin in the Senate, to establish a separate Department of Education Although the bill is being delayed by numerous amendments, representatives expect by tomorrow a close vote that could go either...