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Although Koocher argued that such a move is unprecedented in the history of Massachusetts school boards. Cambridge City Solicitor Russell B. Higley said this week that sitting on the School Committee was part of Duehay's duty as view mayor and acting chair of the city council...
...Former Solicitor General Rex Lee, whose office argued in favor of the Alabama law, expressed "great surprise," given that the court seemed to be abandoning its recent inclination to "accommodate" religion. It had done so, for example, in cases upholding legislative chaplains and government- sponsored Nativity scenes. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's sixth vote concurring with the majority was another shock to conservatives. Her failure to support a more pro-prayer position, as did Dissenters Warren Burger, William Rehnquist and Byron White, is "staggering," said Dan Alexander, president of the Mobile County school board at the time Jaffree sued...
City officials will present Cambridge's case to a single justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court--the highest judicial authority in the Commonwealth--this Wednesday so that the full court may take up the matter and "short-circuit the lengthy appeals process," Cambridge City Solicitor Russell B. Highley said last night...
...would appear, is on the developers' side. Under the state constitution, cities that require special building permits must in turn grant density bonuses or other forms of zoning relief, something the current proposed fail to do. The city solicitor office issued a report last week recommending a vote against the amendments on the grounds that they will embroil the city in a host or lawsuits. Supporters of the bills contend, however, that increases in density would arouse the opposition of neighborhood groups worried about the quality of life in their areas...
...Both supporters and opponents agree that the ammendments face an uphill battle before passage. In addition to the universities, private developers have mobilized opposition to the bills and last night officials from two city agencies submitted reports citing major flaws in the current drafts. A report from the City Solicitor echoed Harvard's claim that the proposals were illegal and the Community Development Department said that the bills would greatly increase building costs in the city and chill development...