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...light of these issues, the candidates for the city councillor posts—including several first-time candidates and all current incumbents—have been proposing suggestions to improve Cambridge schools, energy use, city finances, and city administration...
Many of the challengers for the councillor positions said they felt compelled to enter the campaign after feeling dissatisfied with the responsiveness of the Council and the amount of power exercised by City Manager Robert W. Healy...
...Craig Kelley for an early morning interview at a coffee shop near Davis Square. Though he is a city councillor, he wanted to talk about little besides the Cambridge Public Schools. Kelley is a polarizing politician—often somewhat too dogmatic, even strangely eager to alienate his colleagues—but he does have a tendency to tell it like it is, and one thing he said has stuck with me for the past three and a half years: “If we can’t make public education work here,” he said...
Cambridge City Councillor Craig A. Kelley also expressed concern about the recent changes in the police log. On Oct. 5, he put forward a policy request seeking more information about how the department releases crime details. The department may have very good reasons for the change, he said, but they are not clear to the public...
...oversaw the organization of the fair. “People always love to be in Harvard Square and here is a really fun event where you learn about so many different things—from composting to growing your own garden to chicken roosting.” Cambridge City Councillor Henrietta Davis said that she was impressed by the size of the crowd, adding that she hoped it would encourage locals to be more involved in their communities. “It’s great because it’s the first only one and there are so many...