For the apparently successful Jim Braude, it's also Healy's power that is troubling.
One of Braude's themes has been to stress that the council should take more control of day-to-day city governance, without micromanaging the nitty-gritty.
And at least one incumbent, Kenneth E. Reeves '72--who had a tentative position on the council at first count--has made Healy-bating his centerpiece.
So strong is the force against the city manager and his power, according to Frank A. Pedro, chair of the Cambridge Democratic City Committee, that almost every one of the 24 candidates has expressed a desire to recast the city government in some way.
"Currently, Healy is dictating policy more than he should," Pedro said.
Hence, structural reform of the city was the centerpiece of many of the candidate's campaigns.
Despite the seemingly arcane detail of city government and a near unanimity of liberal political
sentiment, the controversy over Healy signifies that Cambridge is still a fractured city.
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