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...There is a strong ground swell for Referendum One; I think it will carry seven or eight to one," Dean Shaplin declared last night. "The Referendum on proportional representation will be very close, but I think we will win because of the heavy feelings on the first one." The CCA has fought for retention...
Shaplin also predicted that the vote would be heavy. As evidence of the interest in the election he cited yesterday afternoon's Mother's March in which 40,000 flyers were distributed asking for a negative vote on Referendum One. "I think that the CCA will win four of the six seats on the School Committee and that Mrs. Catherine Ogden and I will be re-elected," he said...
...CCA Confident...
Eric Hansen, Executive Secretary of the CCA, declared that the CCA would win a majority in both the School Committee and the Council, and thereby be able to elect a mayor. He commented "Two years ago 35 votes would have elected us another Council member. We'll get more than that this time. We'll also win both Referenda, but we'll have a close fight." In recent elections, however, the CCA has not attained a majority in either body...
Hansen based some of his confidence on the surprise release of a flyer yesterday afternoon by Anthony Flynn and his Committee for the Preservation of Democracy. "This smear on the CCA shows how desperate Mayor Sullivan is," he said. The flyer claims that "The CCA is trying to destroy one of America's finest school systems...