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...endorsement of the liberal Cambridge Civic Association (CCA) in midsummer--received only a scattering of votes at the Rent Control Task Force convention yesterday. She is the first candidate in recent memory to be endorsed by the CCA and yet not win the backing of the Task Force...
...believe that the CCA will be disappointed and shocked," Abt, who had pledged to favor rent control and limits on condominium conversion, said after the vote...
...those days, the coalition stood for reform and an end to corruption. "It was Democrat and Republican, but all good conservative Yankees," Sullivan says. In the last 15 years, though, as it has moved to the left, neighborhood and service-oriented politicians like Sullivan left the CCA and formed their own slate, the Independents...
...virtue of his prodigal vote-getting ability, Sullivan is the unofficial head of the Independents. But in marked contrast to the tightly disciplined CCA, his slate has never been unified, though he admits it would improve their chances. "I've always taken the position that anyone could do what they wanted. I've never told anyone to stay out of a fight or to get into one. No one should be denied their rights." Sullivan says. "They all want to be independently Independent...
...Sullivan says. Since the switch of a single council seat to the Independent camp would allow the abolition of rent control, Sullivan is campaigning as hard this year as ever. "The city is coming back to normal again," he says, crediting both growing national conservatism and the "excesses" of CCA members who have attempted to put even tighter controls on condominiums in recent months. The fifth seat, he says, is a possibility...