Concerned Cambridge Citizens
One missing element of this discussion is a struggle for power. The Cambridge City Council is mostly a cosmetic organization. They have the statutory power under the Plan E system of local government to hire a city manager and to approve curb cuts. But they seem to want some other decison-making power in order to improve their self esteem. The Planning Board says this plan would only inject more politics into the approval process. The Planning Board does little planning. It is more of an approval board.
Cambridge City Hall
[From article]
"The political theater is no place to have a thoughtful, careful discussion about whether something is within the boundaries of the law," said Planning Board member Steven Winter.
http://cambridge.wickedlocal.com/article/20140806/NEWS/140808217
Cambridge Planning Board: Granting council final say on special permits would politicize process
By Sara Feijo
Posted Aug. 6, 2014 @ 10:18 am
CAMBRIDGE Chronicle
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