Word: councillors
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...Monday's City Council meeting, Alfred E. Vellucci announced that he would be a candidate for mayor. "I've served on this council for 14 years... and each time my vote is climbing," he said. The East Cambridge councillor noted that he had served for several terms as the City's vice-mayor, and commented, "I've always been the bridesmaid, but never the bride...
Besides Good, one other incumbent City Councillor Daniel J. Hayes Jr. failed to win re-election. Mahoney, also an incumbent, retained his seat by a narrow margin of some 80 votes. "Well, this one was a cliffhanger," he said...
Though they shuffled positions slightly, the ninth through eleventh ranking candidates continued to be tightly bunched together. Council aspirant Leonard J. Russell is now ninth with 1259 votes, while incumbent Daniel J. Hayes Jr. stands tenth with 1225, and former councillor Thomas Coates is eleventh with...
...unlikely combination, but let's say you voted "number one" for Sullivan, "number two" for Peace and Freedom Party candidate Cynthia F. Kline, and "number three" for incumbent councillor Barbara Ackermann. Thus, your vote would be counted for Sullivan in the first round and, since he met the quota in that round, perhaps drawn and placed in Miss Kline's pile. Since she was a weak candidate (pulling only some 250 "number ones") she would soon be eliminated. Your ballot would then go to Mrs. Ackermann's pile, and rest there, helping her to meet the quota...
...understand this system?" Council candidate Daniel J. Clinton inquires of Eddie Martin a man of no small local importance who (a)-writes the City stories for the Cambridge-Somerville edition of the Boston Record-American; (b) -serves on the Cambridge Housing Authority; and (c) -is a good friend of Councillor Al Vellucci...