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Message: [QUOTE="RichZ, post: 3312881, member: 534"] McLevy was a "socialist" [I](actually, he was eventually drummed out of the National Socialist Party and was among the founders of the "Socialist Democratic Federation")[/I] but was among the least progressive politicians in CT history. He is often quoted in reference to snow removal, as having said "The Lord put it there, and the Lord will take it away," but the phrase, or words to that effect actually came from the lips of an inebriated Director of Public Works in a bar room conversation. McLevy didn't express disagreement though. He balanced the city's budget and lowered taxes by eliminating or reducing services and put public employees on a merit system. Pretty much the opposite of what we think of as a socialist approach. [/QUOTE]