Word: cca
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Cambridge Civic Association (CCA) candidate Glenn S. Koocher '71 eked out a 61-vote victory over independent incumbent David Holway to retain his seat, a final vote count of last Tuesday's elections showed late yesterday...
...Another CCA liberal, first-time candidate, Henrietta Attles, will replace Holway on the committee. Koocher and Attles, along with fellow progressives Sara Mae Berman and Alice Wolf, will give the CCA a 4-2 margin on the six-man committee...
...This will mean not having to have long drawn-out negotiations around patronage jobs," CCA executive director Lin Sasman said last night. "In the past members have had to bargain and trade off patronage jobs for support on issues," she added...
Citizens will find few new faces in this season's line-up. Only councilor-elect David Sullivan and School Committee member Henrietta Attles will be brand new to their jobs when they take office in January. Politically, too, the shifts were small. Cambridge Civic Association (CCA) liberals and independent conservatives are still split four-four on the city council, with Alfred E. Vellucci--30 years a city official and an independent liberal--holding the balance of power and perhaps the keys to the mayor's office. The split means rent control will continue in Cambridge for another two years...
Liberals, especially Sullivan, who led the CCA ticket and became the first progressive councilor ever to top the first-ballot quota necessary for election, also benefitted from a strong tenant vote...