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...which definitely turned off Florida's Governor Claude Kirk Jr. "Kids are taught patriotism and morality in the classroom," he told a civic club audience, "but when they get home they see a television set with this dirty old lady...
...elections will probably preserve the long-standing balance of power between the City's two informal factions.- The Cambridge Civic Association, (CCA), a good government group, and the so-called "independents" (non-CCA candidates...
Over the years, this system has shown an amazing durability, if not too much dynamism. Nine councilors get elected-almost always four from the "good government" Cambridge Civic Association (CCA) and five "independents." Together they apportion the City's bounty to their respective constituents try to keep the tax rate as low as possible, and sometimes, as from 1965 to 1968, break up in bitter fights over the choice of a city manager...
This ability to get along with so many different kinds of people isn't necessarily a blessing in Cambridge. For instance, Francis has the endorsement of the Cambridge Civic Association, the local good government society. In the Brattle Street area where City Councilors like Tom Mahoney and Barbara Ackermann get their votes this endorsement is a help. But down in East Cambridge, the home of Al Vellucci, CCA is a dirty word...
...example. it has sometimes been said that other electoral systems would produce a city council with eight or nine Irishmen on it. Under PR, one recent council had five Irishmen, one Italian, one black, one Jew, and one Yankee Republican. The system has also given the "good government" Cambridge Civic Association more representation than it would have under a ward system of elections...