City manager government in Massachusetts as illustrated by the Medford experience
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"CITY MANAGER GOVERNMENT IN MASSACHUSETTS AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE MEDFORD EXPERIENCE" is an illustrative account of the council-manager plan's struggle for survival in a New England bedroom community located on the inner fringe of a great metropolitan area.
The reform movement in Medford was launched in 1945 when local "captains
of industry, who envisioned council-manager government as a vehicle which
would restore prudent, efficient and economical government to the city, inspired
and led the battle for adoption of the Plan "E" form of government.
With ardor and enthusiasm they organized a Plan E Charter Committee which educated the citizens of the potential benefits to be derived from a change
of government. They did their work so well that when the question of
adopting Plan E was placed on the ballot for popular acceptance, the voters
responded in the affirmative by a margin of almost 4-l. [TRUNCATED]
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Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University
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