Don't Forget Mr. Trodden

Massachusetts politics are not the cleanest in the country. So when a man whose pet project is stamping out gambling and corruption runs for office, he deserves special consideration. Through an unfortunate oversight, last Wednesday's editorial on the Cambridge City Council neglected to mention such a man, Andrew Trodden. Along with Marcus Morton, he is the brightest light among the non-incumbents in the field.

In his thirteen years on the Cambridge police force, Trodden was so clean even the racketeers respected him. Last year, he was active in exposing and defeating one of the grimier of the State's politicos, former Attorney General Frank Kelly. For this, Trodden was made chief of the criminal division in the new Attorney General's office. Just two weeks ago, he made headlines by leading raids on dens in Chelsea and Fall River which netted almost 100 gamblers.

This kind of record deserves a vote in tomorrow's election.