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...Abt and others said her pleas to also consider additional ways of easing the city's housing crisis may have cost her the bid. "She goes one step further and says we can perhaps develop something better someday than rent control," CCA campaign chair Paul Walker said last night, adding that her support for alternatives does not preclude supporting rent control. "I think it's an image problem," he said...
...Abt's chances for election will be hurt by the vote. Walker, who said he was "shocked" at the results, predicted. The CCA is attempting to elect five members to the nine-seat council in the election, set for November...
Other observers--including several council candidates--said the Task Force rejection might not hurt Abt's campaign. "She wouldn't have gotten many tenant votes anyway," one candidate said, adding that some opponents of rent control might now support her candidacy...
...Despite Abt's promise--delivered in writing to each delegate--that she was "deeply committed to the protection of low-and moderate-income tenants," and despite a verbal pledge to "never" vote against rent control, many tenants at the convention said they found Abt's stand shaky...
...Abt, who appeared shaken after the vote, said blind support of rent control could create a backlash of opposition. "I had the choice of making a simplistic statement, and I decided not to. I'm sorry I wasn't persuasive enough," she said