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Healy's position of city manager, which he has held for 20 years, entails the day-to-day running of the city, much like the CEO of a company.
Triantafillou claims the suits are reflective of larger problems with the city manager. "I don't think that he's much of a visionary, and he's not the man to lead us into the 21st century," she said. "I've voted against the renewal of his contract all three...
"These discrimination suits are not good for the city," she added. "If the city manager can't change things then it's best to remove him, because litigating all of these complaints just isn't fiscally prudent."
But Mayor Francis H. Duehay '55 defended Healy, saying the manager's "undeniably positive record demonstrates the benefit of continuity at the top."
"No city manager is perfect and there are indeed problems," Duehay said, "but there's a question of whether or not these suits constitute a pattern, and we ought to be able to solve our problems without firing our city manager."