The selection of the deputy city manager to replace long-time city manager Robert Healy has drawn a mix of praise and dismay in Cambridge, with some residents sharply criticizing the City Council for failing to conduct a broader search.
“I’ve never been so angry about something the council has done,” said Carolyn Mieth, a former Planning Board member who is active in city affairs. “They’ve known for years the public wanted a broad search, but they just chose the easiest thing for them.”
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Ah... a wish for the good old days when Eddie Crane and Joe DeGug and Al Vellucci and Connie Wheeler and John Curry verbally and politically gnashed and slashed so Joe DeGug could take over the manager's spot. What fun... what pure political wit was often expressed... what anger among voters and the minority CCA affilitated councilors. Yes, the good old days when Cambridge politics was Cambridge-like. Maybe it will return to those great days of yore.