Word: amato
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Incumbent State Representatives Michael J. Lombardi and John J. Toomey were re-elected in the First Middlesex District's Democratic primary, despite the challenge from Vellucci and two liberal candidates. Michael J. Amato and Doreen Blanc. The two winners will face only token opposition in November...
...Michael J. Amato, unsuccessful candidate for City Council on the Cambridge Civic Association slate last year, has been running a well financed, highly visible campaign. Amato was the first Rent Control Committee chairman and has been active in several community action groups, including the Riverside Neighborhood Association and the Cambridge Community Center...
...Amato says that in his campaigning he has stressed the lack of strong, credible leadership in the community. He is also quick to blame Harvard and MIT, with all their untaxable property, for the 40 per cent increase in property taxes over the last three years. He terms the current rent control law "unfair to tenants and landlords" and says that Cambridge, with six City Managers in six years, does not have a viable form of government...
Vellucci, Toomey and Lombardi will be competing for the conservative vote, mostly centered in Wards One and Two. Amato and Blanc will probably divide the votes of young people and professionals in Wards Three and Four, making some inroads with the voters in the other two wards because of general dissatisfaction with incumbent politicians...
...Amato and Coles paced Cornell with 25-point performances, while Gerry Newby, who scored 32 points against Harvard two weeks ago, only scored 17. The Crimson's Kerry Scanlon held Newby to just two baskets in the second half...