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...Denis Barber...
...city council race virtually laden with colorful personalities, Denis Barber '60 has got to be the most controversial. Barber was embroiled earlier this year in what he calls a witch hunt, when the Cambridge Convention voted to un-endorse him after he came out against strict rent controls. Barber has stuck by his guns and asked that the rent control issue be less of a sacred cow, because he claims rent laws discourage landlords from maintaining property, contributing to the decline of Cambridge housing...
...means is Barber a one-issue candidate. Although some would label him politically conservative, he says he agrees with much of the Cambridge Convention '75 platform. However, he says, unlike the rest of the slate, he's not an ideologue, but a "problem solver...
...Harvard, Barber said that the school is a good neighbor, and is "over-maligned" by the current council...
...Barber said he knows no reason to pay a city councilor $150 a night to discuss a United Farm Workers boycott when "Cambridge has so many goddamn problems that need attending...