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City Manager: The city's chief executive, he is responsible for administration of city services. He prepares the budget, hires and fires, buys and sells, and awards contracts. The Manager supposedly only reflects Council policy, having himself no part in forming or influencing policy decisions. He is appointed by vote of the Council and may be removed at any time...
Mayor: The ceremonial head of the city, he is elected from the City Council by a vote of its members, and presides at its meetings. Except as parliamentarian, however, he possesses no position of leadership, as his vote counts no more than that of any other Councillor, and since he has only a Councillor's responsibility for initiating action. By 18 years' precedent, Cambridge mayors serve only one two-year term...
...count, each ballot represents only one vote; if a ballot cannot help the person markd as first choice--either because he is already elected or because he is obviously defeated--the vote goes to the second choice and so on. Thus, the ballot is transformed from pile to pile until it can help someone...
...prove the point, Walter J.'s principle campaign posters say: "Make no mistake. Vote for Walter J. Sullivan." The CCA's long-standing pressure to push voters away from choosing strictly the Sullivan name might backfire this year. In this election the CCA has endorsed two Sullivans, Edward T. for Council and Charles M. for School Committee...
...Italian voter's burden, has all but publicly announced his candidacy for Mayor. This same Velucci however--Harvard's most volatile attacker--trailed the ticket last time and barely won re-election. At recent City Council meetings, Velucci has received informal ribbing about his precarious position. His strong Portuguese vote may be pre-empted this year by CCA-endorsed Manuel Rogers, although if Rogers is eliminated early from the count, his second place votes would presumably go to Velucci. Two minor Italian candidates have reportedly joined the race simply to take first-place votes from Velucci and DeGuglielmo; how much...