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...even before it attained a majority on the council the CCA was able to enact substantial reforms, and even now votes on important issues are often split 6 to 3 or 7 to 2 instead of 5 to 4. So, observes 20-year Cambridge resident and activist Bill Cavellini, the loss of a CCA seat to an independent contender like Vellucci or School Committee heavyweight Jane F. Sullivan would not be the death knell for city liberals...
However, Cavellini adds that the accomplishments the council has achieved during the current term, with support from both independent and CCA councillors, may convince voters that their interests lie in returning the incumbents to the council...
...Jillson agress with most council watchers that since Toomey supports rent control along with the CCA councillors, it is in a sense a non-issue. "I think it's a mistake to think that if we got a independent majority on the council rent control would go away," she says...
...seems to want to go out on a limb saying the Independents will regain their majority or the CCA will strengthen its majority. "It's really hard to make predictions, because this campaign has been largely about mechanics," Dixon says...
...candidate who has thrown everyone for a loop is R. Elaine Noble, a former member of the state legislature and an open lesbian who has not been active in Cambridge issue. Noble did not seek endorsement from the CCA or the progressive working Committee for a Cambridge Rainbow, although her positions on many issues are decidedly left-of-center...