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...outsideor in a museum--is one of the great advantages ofthe United States. "Not everyone has equal income.My father was a government accountant and we weredefinitely working class or close to it. Wecouldn't afford many amenities. If we cannot haveequality in wealth and success in life, we canhave civic equality through our greatinstitutions. This can provide the kind ofeducational opportunities and vision for childrenof all classes, particularly in the city. Perhapswe should be paying more attention to institutionslike our museums, art galleries and public parks...
...influential Independent politico called theCambridge Civic Association (CCA) a "realpolitical machine" that has used his indictment tojustify the controversial firing of City ClerkJoseph P. Connarton. Connarton, who many said hadpolitical ties with Walsh, was a "sacrificiallamb" to the CCA, said Walsh...
That growth will spur a boom in the development of retirement communities. Those catering to the affluent will be highly sought after by regional civic boosters. "I can envision countries competing for these luxury communities in the same way they used to compete for auto plants, because they are such wealth engines," says William Johnston, a fellow at the Hudson Institute. A new, economical form of elderly residence called "assisted housing" is likely to be popular as well. In these complexes, the elderly are supervised but allowed to live alone. "It's not like a nursing home," says Karen Wilson...
...lawyers sought to find out why more blacks and Hispanics weren't serving on grand juries in Hartford, Connecticut, they made a surprising discovery. Citizens of Hartford haven't been doing their fair share of grand jury duty for the past three years. Not that they were shirking their civic responsibilities. A computer glitch forced the d at the end of Hartford into the column used for information about prospective federal jurors. The result: 5,500 healthy Hartford citizens were listed as dead. "It's caused us a lot of grief," concedes Kevin Rowe, the clerk of the federal court...
...Independents will try to distance themselves politically from Walsh, while the left-of-center Cambridge Civic Association (CCA) will try to use the incident to its political advantage, observers predict...