Word: cca
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Most contoversial zoning changes in Cambridge cannot find even a sixth vote on the council, which is split on most issues between the four anti-development, CCA-backed councillors and four of the Independents...
...CCA members now hold four of the council's nine seats. But the party hopes to capture a fifth in a race made particularly uncertain by the retirement of three long time incumbents. Two of these, David E. Sullivan and Saundra M. Graham, are CCA members, while the third, Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci, is a strong CCA ally on rent control...
Facing the CCA members are four incumbents and many more hopefuls given the label of Independents. Generally more traditional, with more ties to business and development, the Independents share a general political philosophy but not a party structure. Vellucci, bowing out of city politics in his 38th year, is one of the few Independents who supports rent control...
Proposition 1-2-3, a binding referendum put on the ballot by a coalition of realtors and homeowners, has drawn strong opposition from CCA members. The measure's chief provision would allow tenants in rent-controlled apartments to buy their units as condominiums after living there for two years. Such purchases are now prohibited...
This year, the city appears to be at a cross roads on these issues with three CCA incumbent seats up for grabs. "Clearly rent control is going to be a key issue," said Hanig. "With three rent control incumbents not seeking re-election, rent control will be a key issue. Development is also a key issue. People are worried about preserving their neighborhoods...