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Such rejection of the system has rattled the establishment. Officials at the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) have been running an expensive campaign calling on people to vote and are unhappy about now having to argue their point. "To consolidate our democracy, we need more participation, not less," says IFE councillor Arturo Sanchez. The Roman Catholic Church has also spoken out against the movement, with one bishop calling it "stupidity." And several politicians have attacked its advocates as being "irresponsible" for encouraging people to shirk their civic duty...
...pushing his Program for Harvard College—an $85 million campaign to up the number of undergraduate Houses from seven to 10—sought to acquire a stretch of prime river-front property owned by the Massachusetts Transit Authority. But from his corner of City Hall, Councillor Alfred “Big Al” E. Vellucci moved to block tax-exempt Harvard’s expansion, hoping instead that private investors would develop the land and augment the city’s coffers.But before either party could have its way, the MTA (now called the Massachusetts...
...said that the state was less hard hit by the recession due to the prevalence of biotech, healthcare, and education industries, which are more stable and resilient to the business cycle. But he added that there is still a “serious recession here.” City Councillor Sam Seidel said Cambridge has fared “pretty well” in the recession, and that he hoped the report was the first indication of an upturn in the national economy. In order to foster economic recovery, Seidel said the state government should help the banking industry, make...
...City Councillor Sam Seidel said that lawmakers should ideally be able to both protect businesses and to provide funds to towns, but that the current economic climate necessitated a trade off between...
...It’s a moving target and I think from day to day, you can’t really know how you’ll be balancing the budget. We’ll probably be adopting a budget without knowing all the facts,” Councillor David P. Maher said...