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...most powerful endorsement granting group traditionally has been the Cambridge Civic Association (CCA). The CCA endorsement process involves an hour-and-a-half interview before a screening committee, then a vote by the full CCA board of about 40 people...
...CCA has already endorsed incumbent councilors Edward N. Cyr, Francis H. Duehay '55 and Jonathan S. Meyers. It has also endorsed Kathy Born and Katherine Triantafillou, who hope to win first-time seats on the council...
Many people have asked us, "Why another Civic Association?" The answer is simple--Cambridge needs a real civic organization. The longstanding and politically powerful Cambridge Civic Association (CCA) is actually a political party. The members of its board of directors act as power brokers and policy makers for the city. It is a clear conflict of interest for the CCA to serve as a "watchdog" over elected officials, since they have a contractual arrangement with their endorsed candidates. Cambridge needs a civic organization that is unencumbered by these incestuous conflicts to impartially assess the actions of local government...
Walsh's indictment prompted calls for his resignation by the Cambridge Civic Association (CCA), the "good government" group which opposes Walsh and other Independent councillors...
...conflicts with the CCA have only intensified since then with Walsh's legislative proposals, including one that the city councillors cut their own salaries in half. "If the leaders don't lead, the followers won't follow," Walsh says...