Word: cca
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...only a handful of American cities to use the scheme by which voters rank their preferences, and once a candidate gets a sufficient number of first place votes, his ballots spill over to the number two ranking candidate (or something like that). Currently, power is balanced, with the CCA and the Independents each holding four seats, and Vellucci, who calls himself a "small i" independent, often providing the swing vote...
...event was billed as the "Kick-Off Party" for the Cambridge Civic Association's (CCA) election drive held to launch the efforts of the progressive municipal party which has battled for power with the more conservative, neighborhood-oriented Independent organization. Three city councilors were there, one school committee member was there, and a handful of candidates aspiring to join them also showed...
...hours of gossip and hand-shaking marked the transition the city always goes through during the early summer of a municipal election year: from one concerned largely with policymaking to one dominated by political fanfare. That transformation was best described Wednesday night by David Wylie, a CCA councilor up for re-election, who said, "the council has acted very responsibly in the past year," which ended when the body adjourned for the summer on Monday night. But he cautioned that when the group reconvenes--for a special meeting in August and regularly after Labor Day--little will be accomplished...
Some of the political positioning has already begun. In what some have called the biggest internal shakeup in a decade, the CCA two weeks ago decided not to endorse two of its incumbents on the school committee for re-election. The move came after the party drafted a strict set of standards of political positions and conduct, and decided that Henrietta Attles, a two-term member, and Glenn Koocher '71, a five-term member, did not meet those guidelines. CCA members cited specific disagreements, such as the duo's support for the school superintendent, as reasons for the dumping. Koocher...
Neither Koocher nor CCA officials felt that the move would have any implications for the organization outside of the specific school committee elections. Elaine Kistiakowsky, the association's campaign director said, "It makes it more exciting. Having a little bit of controversy won't hurt...