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...schism between old line Independents--the ethnic and neighborhood conservatives--and liberal Cambridge Civic Association (CCA) politicians was as deep as ever after the election, but the balance between the two groups may have shifted subtly...
...first time in years, a CCA majority rules the city's powerful School Committee. On the city council sit four traditional Independents and four CCA members--and one Alfred E. Vellucci, maverick Independent, who votes more liberal on many issues than the CCA councilors...
...Francis H. Duehay '55, a city official for more than a decade and hardly a new face, won a new job--mayor. The former Ed School admissions director ran as the CCA candidate for the post, which city councilors elect from among their own ranks...
Faced with possible erosion of their own political bases, some city politicians have begun to shift their own stances. One possibility is a fusion of current powerholders--CCA members and Independents alike--against the new voters in the city. The best example may be Vellucci. Once a traditional ethnic neighborhood politician, Vellucci has slowly shifted toward the CCA on most substantive issues, voting against condo conversion and for rent control. And on the CCA's part, Sullivan may be doing more than any of his colleagues to expand the organization beyond its Brattle St. roots and elitist reputation. His last...
...that may be the biggest effect the condo class will have. If anti-gentrification legislation stays in place, the politicians' fears may prove groundless. But even so, those fears may trigger a realignment of city politics away from the old vested interests that influence both the CCA and Independent camps and toward a new coalition more interested in the city as a whole...