Word: cca
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Cambridge is by no means a one-party town. For more than 40 years, the City Council has been split down the middle between candidates backed by the liberal Cambridge Civic Association (CCA) and those running as Independents...
...Rainbow shares almost all of the CCA's goals for the next election, including strict controls on development and strong support for rent control, and every Rainbow-endorsed candidate has CCA backing as well...
Nonetheless, there can be little doubt thatVellucci has propped up the CCA since 1973, thelast year in which it held a majority on thecouncil...
...Although his rhetoric is independent, hisvalues are CCA," says CCA Executive Director NoahM. Berger '89. "Like us, he supports honestcompassionate government and affordable housing...
...times Vellucci can look like the onlydefender of real people's interests in the city.At times he seems an infuriating bully. In eithercase, other councillors tend to listen, becauseIndependents and CCA alike look to the mayor forhis swing vote...