Word: cca
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...between Wolf and Graham [372 votes] is just too great for her [Wolf] to make up," one member of the liberal Cambridge Civic Association (CCA), which endorsed both candidates, said when the count ended yesterday...
...city. If the representatives of local business and real estate interests win, then the 1983 election may come too late to save the city. Fortunately, there are candidates running pledged to support fundamental issues of economic and social justice. They include all members of the Cambridge Civic Association (CCA) slate--David Sullivan, Francis H. Duehay '55, David Wylie, Saundra Graham, Alice Wolf, Mary Ellen Preusser, Wendy Abt and Robert White. And they also include the standard-bearers of the city's tenant convention--besides most of the CCA group, the tenant slate includes Alvin Thompson, Brian Feigenbaum, John St. George...
...choices promise to be harder still, and that means that an even greater amount of political pressure will be exerted on the councilors. The Independents have demonstrated a greater tendency to preserve personnel, especially in the police and fire departments; services to residents seem of more concern to the CCA...
...city council continues to remain evenly split between the CCA and the Independents, Healy could hang on to the top city administrative post by virtue of a compromise between the councilors. But if either the CCA or the Independents win a clear majority, it is possible that they would take the opportunity to hand pick a city manager would would be more amenable to serving their own predelictions...
...Healy has attempted to walk a tightrope between the CCA and the Independents, but as a result he has been criticized by Vellucci and others for being too weak and not showing enough guidance for the myriad of city agencies including the rent board, the building and health departments, and others...