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...Vellucci has insulted his fellow councilmen by lowering the council to the forum of a petty, personal vendetta. He has insulted the reading public be implying that his actions are newsworthy enough to deserve their attention, and he has insulted his electorate--the public who thought they were voting for a man who would work for their interests rather than his pride...
Golden anniversary aside, there was little to celebrate as the National League of Cities convened its 50th "congress of cities" in Houston last week. Some 1,500 mayors, city managers and councilmen told grim tales of how inflation and recession are combining to raise costs and erode tax bases. Even as they met, the administrators got a backdoor reminder of one of their bigger problems: increased militancy by public employees. Houston's bus drivers were on strike, demanding higher...
...District, which encompasses the eastern half of Cincinnati and suburban Hamilton County. The district is mostly white collar and prosperous; in 1972 it gave 70.3% of the vote to Republican William J. Keating, who resigned late last year. To succeed him, both parties nominated well-known and longtime city councilmen: Democrat Thomas Luken, 49, a lawyer and former Assistant U.S. Attorney; and Republican Willis Gradison Jr., 45, a wealthy stockbroker. Both had served as mayor-in Cincinnati, a post filled by vote of the city council-and neither had ever lost an election...
...done, then it is only fair to give credit when something is finally done." Hall and most of the students want Nixon out of office. Over a Scotch, he pondered why Westerners favor impeachment more than others. "Change is not frightening out here," he said. "They use recall. City councilmen, state legislators are voted out of office all the time. They accept a man until he crosses them...
...could comfortably accommodate themselves in the 200-seat aldermanic chamber. This week more than 6,000 people from all parts of the city were due to fill the 4,600-seat Civic Center auditorium and adjacent rooms to see Jackson, white City Council President Wyche Fowler and 18 city councilmen (nine white, nine black) sworn...