And Reeves, who was elected with the most votes out of the 18 candidates running for the council, has the support of a large number of Cambridge residents.
John R. Clifford, owner of the Green Street Grill and a Cambridge resident himself, says he believes that Reeves can do no wrong.
"He has the leadership abilities to bring Cambridge forward [and] he knows how to lead the Cambridge schools," Clifford says unabashedly.
"The school systems in Cambridge are over 50 percent minority, so I think the person leading it should be a minority," Clifford says.
He says he believes that Reeves "has a lot of unfinished business" and that "[the council] should put their personalities aside and think about what's best for the city."
Resolution?
Davis optimistically predicts the resolution of the mayoral issue within "another few weeks."
"We're stuck because one [councillor] keeps on trying to vote for himself, [but] we're talking to each other now [and in the midst] of high-level negotiations," Davis says.
Sullivan also says he believes that time will supersede political differences. He says that while most councillors were influenced by their party alliances "at the outset," they are beginning to attain progress in "the meeting of the minds, a process which is going on right now."
Sullivan describes the "meeting of the minds" as "individual councillors talking to each other and engaging in conversation."
But some Cambridge residents will hear none of it.
"I wish they would just pick someone," says Summers.
Alternatives
Amidst the brouhaha over the mayoral selection process, some say they believe the position of mayor is really not that important.
"I believe the status quo will continue," says Cantabrigian Robert J. La Tremouille. "The CCA will obviously be happy because Duehay, their pick, is the acting mayor; and the Independents will be happy because they didn't have to vote for him [and give up their principle]."
There has also been talk of reviving all the committees until a new mayor is elected, the Cambridge Chronicle reports. The new mayor would then appoint new chairs, or simply re-appoint the old ones.
"[Yet], I think there's a need for a mayor," Triantifillou says. "People would like to get on with life. [We would all] like to have it concluded soon."Crimson File PhotoCambridge City Hall