Word: clem
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...David Clem is a walking anomaly. He's also an incumbent city councilor. The independents say he's a liberal, Brattle St. type; the Cambridge Convention people call him a turncoat, a man who betrayed those who supported them in 1975 in favor of the anti-rent control interests...
...Clem claims he is neither...
Whether voters will buy his position that it's time to change the structure of Cambridge politics and elect someone who defies stereotyping will depend on whether his campaign organization--complete with dozens of "Clem Corps" volunteers--can sell Clem himself and his maverick style...
...Clem, who received the support of the Cambridge Convention in 1975, says that he is not abandoning progressive politics in striking out on his own, but only freeing himself from the slate's restrictions. His hands, he says, were tied by being associated so closely with CC '75. Clem feels it inhibited his ability to form coalitions on the council and limited his overall flexibility in dealing with the city's problems...
...Clem, the only incumbent who works full-time at the council, also thinks rent control has been blown out of proportion. He supports it in principle, but favors what he calls "conditional decontrol" of owner-occupied four, five and six family apartments (assuming owner participation in non-profit home improvement programs and certification that rent increases will not take rents out of the middle income range...