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...Harvard precincts, David Sullivan ran strong, picking up more than 150 votes in Ward 6, Precinct 3, where students who live at most of the River Houses vote. He tallied 82 votes in Ward 6, Precinct 4, which includes Mather, Dunster and part of Leverett House...
...Although Ward found the investigation rewarding on a personal level, he is disappointed at the pathetic reaction of the public and the state legislature to the report. The stories of corruption did receive publicity for a short time--hey filled an entire section of one day's Boston Globe--and the legislature eventually did enact three laws to reform the system for awarding contracts. But Ward questions the determination of state officials to attack the problem, recalling that the first appointee to the new watchdog office of Inspector General, a post created in response to the commission's report, said...
...report, Ward state that because contracts have gone to political cronies instead of competent builders, "shoddy and debased" standards of construction are now "the norm." Of the nearly 3000 public buildings constructed in Massachusetts from 1968 to 1980, the commission found that 76 per cent have severe defects...
There is little likelihood, Ward notes sadly, that the corruption has stopped. He cites the recent bribery case involving the Boston School Board. But in spite of the continuing nature of the problem, Ward has no plans to return to state government, opting instead to continue his academic career. Ward's experience on the commission has led him to believe that state governments should rely on existing offices like that of the Inspector General to stop corruption, rather than create commissions of impartial non-politicians lie Ward's. "One of the most creative acts for any organization," says Ward--whether...
There developed in Boston a political system 'based on friendship, neighborhood, ethnicity, creating a tolerance for favoritism and shady dealing.' --John William Ward...