Wilmot Max Ramsay, Contributor
KENNETH ERROL Reeves, born to Jamaican parents, took office on Monday for the third time as mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts in the United States. Reeves, 55, was re-elected to the Cambridge Council on November 8 and, on January 1, he was elected in caucus to the mayorship by his fellow councillors.
This marked a return to the post of mayor for Reeves for the third time. In January 1994, he made history when he became the first Black mayor in the city's 160-year history, having entered the council in 1989. He went on to serve a second consecutive term before demitting office.
Cambridge, unlike the rest of the United States, but like Jamaica, does not have direct mayoral elections but instead elects councillors who, in caucus, elect one from among themselves to the post of City Mayor. There are nine council seats in Cambridge.
In his inaugural address, at City Hall, Mayor Reeves, a Harvard law graduate, reminded his audience that "your government is at work", as he asked for continued cooperation in the interest of all the people.
