The $300 million budget deficit and a proposed trash tax has some elected officials and members of the public questioning whether a manager-council form of governance is better than the current strong ...
Claims that democracy is in crisis are certainly not new, but recent history has given the claim a new urgency. Over the past decade or so, there has been no shortage of people expressing concern that ...
Last August, the Cambridge City Council appointed 15 residents to a charter review committee set to reassess the city’s form of government and recommended changes. The committee continues to grapple ...