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...these groups divide along two main political bloes. The city's high tenant populations joins hands with the white collar professionals the back the Cambridge Civic Association--a liberal coalition which, at age 40, is the nation's oldest municipal party. They are opposed by the more traditional ethnic and the landholders, who make up the Independents. Every add-numbered year is an election year (this being no exception) and at that time, the two groups fight over governing. The rest of the time they fight over issues. A brief explanation of both...
...issue dominating political debate in the is housing Cambridge has strict rent control and condominium conversion provisions, the result of a severe housing shortage that threatens to drive the city's traditional ethnic and blue collar residents to less expensive accomodations elsewhere. The five-member rent control board oversees the rent provisions. These statutes have come under constant fire from the Independents who have tried to modify the provisions...
Some officials at both the company and the agency were afraid that the floppy character was not in keeping with IBM's starched white-collar image. The question of whether the Tramp represented antitechnology sentiment, as epitomized in the most famous scene from one of Chaplin's best-known movies, Modern Times, was also raised. In the scene, Chaplin gets caught in the giant gears of a factory. But both the agency and IBM eventually concluded that the character, in Pankenier's words, "stands fear of technology on its head and would help the PC open...
...liberal Democrat, made the most of the city's 18% Hispanic vote, carrying some heavily Hispanic and blue-collar precincts by as much as 9 to 1. More important, he deftly built a broad coalition, largely of political outsiders, that included Asians, blacks, young white professionals, women, environmentalists and labor groups. Although earnest and nearly humorless, Peña showed a warmth and directness that excited crowds. He also took strong stands on issues ranging from an antidiscrimination law for gays to a promise to try to bring major league baseball to Denver...
...worries have begun to ease, schools have emerged as a strong public concern. Moreover, the education issue could be used to broaden the President's image beyond Reaganomics and defense. A push for better schools, aides reasoned, would help him woo women and regain some of the blue-collar workers who were part of his 1980 coalition but have since strayed. "With education," a White House adviser explains, "you reach out beyond liberal-conservative lines...