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Council elections have been dominated in recent years by the Cambridge Civic Association (CCA), which endorses pro-rent control, "good government" policies and throws its weight behind certain candidates...
...hold because the city doesn't have one. The land without limits keeps running into dead ends: not enough money for schools, housing for newcomers, jobs for the working class, room to move. The laboratory of change produces the latest in urban ills: crack cocaine, gang culture, police brutality, civic indifference, a spectacular gap between rich and poor. Increasingly, the rest of America hopes the latest in L.A. trends will stay right where they started...
...City Council currently consists of five councillors endorsed by the progressive Cambridge Civic Association (CCA) and four more conservative Independents. Wolf is currently endorsed...
Wolf, who said she was first elected to the Council on an alternative slate, said she hoped the open spot on the council would encourage other progressive candidates, particularly women, to run. Some politicos have suggested that this may leave an opening for candidates endorsed by alternative civic groups...
...consider the following list of ballclubs with expansion origins that have done little for civic pride: Seattle Mariners. Houston Astros, San Diego Padres, Texas Rangers, California Angels. Only one of these teams--San Diego--has been to a World Series, and it got clobbered. Plus, the Denver-based Rockies and Miami-based Marlins would do well to take note of the last two teams decision to use the names of their states rather than their home cities, Arlington, Tex. and Anaheim, Calif., respectively...