Word: cca
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Despite its minor problems, though, the CCA appears to be the most cohesive, professionally run and effective of the city's political teams. Perhaps the best measure of the respect it engenders around the league is the nasty reaction it provokes from other politicos, who tend to snarl about machines and elitists when the CCA is mentioned...
Currently, CCA candidates hold four of the nine city council seats and three of the seven school committee slots. They stand for liberal policy--rent control, limited condominium conversion and professional city management." And chances are, they will stand as strong after tomorrow's election as they do today...
Smooth as the process seems on the outside, there have been a few internal struggles for the CCA this year--some members of a rival liberal group, CPPAX, felt they were being left out of the endorsement and campaign process. As a result, "some of us haven't given as much time as we might have to the campaign," one disgruntled CPPAX member proclaimed...
...CPOA are the other side of the CCA coin--they draw their support from parts of the city not dissected by Brattle St., and from people who collect rent, not pay it. Virulently anti-rent control, with almost a messianic attachment to condominiums, the CHT leaders a few weeks ago endorsed a slate of candidates all their own. But although the group will mail out leaflets and help work at the polls, their presence isn't felt in the same way as the CCA's, mainly because their candidates are of a different breed. Instead of the team players...
...slate of 13 candidates, but did not vote on a platform. Instead of issues, its leaders say, they are interested in "moderation." Chiding the city council for unproductive infighting, the CCC nonetheless endorsed most of the incumbents, including Wylie and Duehay, two very surprised members of the liberal CCA slate. They were surprised at the endorsements because the CCC seemed (though its leaders deny the charge) to have more links with conservative than liberal leaders. If the CCC slate won, rent control would likely die, and the majority of the group's officers are definitely condominium owners. Duehay and Wylie...