Word: cca
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sixties increasingly brought the CCA into debates on liberal issues, mostly centering around housing. The association was instrumental in blocking the inner beltway proposed to cut through residential Cambridge on the way out of Boston. "The sixties was a time of great liberalism and progressive ferment, and these were influential in turning CCA attention to social policy instead of just government," says Levy...
...sixties... were influential in turning CCA attention to social policy stead of just government." --Former CCA President Frederick C. Levy dominated city council debate and the CCA platform for several years. The CCA-supported policy which regulates rent in low- and moderate-income city housing, was finally passed into law in 1969, but the liberal party lost substantial support in the process...
...Towards the end of the 60s, most people became more socially conscious, and the CCA simply joined this enlightened awareness," says Elaine Kistiakowsky, active in the association for 25 years and currently one of its vice presidents. "To have not changed meant you had to be very unconcerned with people...
Since then, the CCA has continued its support of progressive policy by endorsing slates of candidates for election to the nine-member city council and the seven-member school committee...
...haven't lost our focus on government, we've just added the concern for social issues," says City Councilor David E. Sullivan, a CCA-endorsee...