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...political marriage with Cambridge Convention is mainly one of pragmatism. He feels that the proportional representation system of voting favors slates, and since CC'75 shares his primary concern--the retention of rent control--he is willing to be part...
...First they said they hadn't considered me because I entered the race too late. Then, when they drew up the campaign literature, they left me out again," he says. Combined with his status as a relative unknown in city politics, CC '75's neglect, he said has made it "hard to get the message to people...
...Housing Authority-is the lucky product of this temporary split in the Independent coalition. Unless they gain a fifth liberal on the council this time, Duehay said, Cantabridgians will be the victims of "regression at the worst, status quo government at the best." Non-incumbent Mary Ann Preusser (CC '75) said she sees the recent changes in the city as only indications of what could come. "We've had the hors d'oeuvres before what could be a feast," she said...
...developers. Independents focus instead on the need to bring businesses and high rent housing into Cambridge to increase the property tax base, a task they say would be facilitated by the end of rent control and the curtailment of downzoning. At the other extreme, non-incumbent John Brode '52 (CC '75), formerly a co-founder with Saundra Graham of the radical Grass Roots Organization, points to what he calls a "causal link between high rise buildings and crime," and argues that tax dollars from development are eaten up by the cost of providing increased city services. Brode favors abolishing...
...unseating of incumbents takes place this fall, the candidates to watch as the election returns drift slowly in (with PR voting, it often takes a week to figure out the winners) will be the four non-incumbents on the CC '75 slate. Of the four-John Brode, David Clem, Eric Davin and Mary Ann Preusser-each claims that he or she will be the lucky winner if CC '75 picks up a fifth seat, and the complexity of Cambridge voting makes it hard to tell the bluffers from the true believers. All four, of course, embrace the CC '75 platform...