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...register these complaints, the Cambridge Rent Control Coalition (CRCC) is pushing a non-binding, six-point referendum on Tuesday's ballot which would advocate an even more restrictive stance, including an increase in public and private funds for rehabilitation of low cost housing, stricter vacancy controls, capping rent increase and inclusionary zoning laws. The campaign has divided along the traditional conservative/liberal split. But both sides agree that, with 70 percent of the city considered tenants, the referendum will easily pass. Whether it will mean anything hangs on the city council elections on the same day. If the current even split...
...didn't have rent increases, we would lose rent control altogether," Wylie adds. "I don't think it is wise to put things on the ballot that mislead people as to what can be done." Wylie was one of the councilors who voted down the referendum when it came before the city council in August...
QUESTION 3 is a non-binding measure asking the city to adopt a six-point anti-displacement housing policy. It was placed on the ballot by a coalition of Cambridge tenants who developed the proposal to close what they perceived as loopholes in the city's rent control laws. Housing is a perennial political concern in Cambridge because market pressure could easily destroy the city's ethnic and economic diversity, transforming it into a bedroom community for Boston...
Question 2 on the November 8 municipal ballot would, if passed, make it a crime to do research and other work whose primary purpose would be the development of nuclear weapons. While 25 other cities across the country have already passed such a law. Cambridge would be the first that would affect existing work. Proponents boast two benefits from enacting such tough legislation: to enhance the safety of Cambridge residents, and to send a strong message to Washington...
...true that if voters approve of the ballot question, they will make a statement. But it won't be the intended one. By taking into their own hands a question that should be dealt with on the national level. Cambridge citizens will set an example for local activists across the country to set binding ordinances overriding a federal consensus. Local action is certainly an acceptable way to express opinions: the city's 1981 non-binding freeze referendum which drew 75 percent support is a good example. But binding local action on foreign policy is not. Abortion free zones, or racially...