Word: brode
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...John Brode...
When John Brode '52 lost his citizenship during the Korean War for leaving the country to avoid the draft, he could not have guessed that he would be running for a seat on the Cambridge City Council in 1975. But the McCarran Act, the instrument of Brode's exile, was declared unconstitutional in 1957, enabling him to return...
...economist with a background in computers and statistical analysis, Brode is mainly concerned with economic issues. "Rent control is way and away the biggest problem," he said, while pointing out that it is only a part of the overall problem of "economic pressure" on the city. "A lot of money wants to come into Cambridge, to do things like buy land and build high-rise buildings." Rent control and zoning restrictions, he said, are potential means of preserving neighborhoods, "so that blacks and working-class people can afford to stay here...
Addressing an audience of about 15 students, John Brode, one of the candidates said that the primary goal of the group is to obtain a majority on the nine-member Cambridge City Council. This will allow the group to put through its programs...
...Brode told the eighteen residents present, they face an uphill struggle to "preserve the neighborhood." "Since DiGiovanni owns the property and the plans for the buildings fulfill zoning regulations, it will be tough to stop the construction," Brode said...