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...very naive and impressionable better-government types. But most people in this city, especially those who get themselves involved in elections, are savvy--opponents have labelled the depolarization campaign a smokescreen, charging that behind it lies a well-financed arm of the city's anti-rent control, pro-condo conversion faction...
...bill, which was passed by the city council this summer, has slowed the conversion of apartments to condominiums. "It is more than a condo bill, though," Sullivan said. "It is desiged to cover any removal of housing from the rental market," he said...
Another bloc the progressives hope to lure to the polls with the condo issue is students, who, since they are transient by nature, might oppose conversion of rental units. That job may be difficult: in the last municipal election, where housing was also an issue, the predominantly-student third precinct of the sixth ward turned out only 349 of 1462 registered voters. Ballot referenda on South Africa, nuclear power and the Kennedy candidacy may draw more students to the ballot box this year, but the issues are no guarantee. "Based on their past experience, many politicians in this city tend...
Other campaign issues include city administration and what Frisoli calls the "liberal clique that has allowed this city to stagnate for ten years." But condo conversion and rent control will be among the deciding factors in the campaign. "There are more tenants than landlords in this city. We have always welcomed a vote on this, and we have done our best to make it an issue," Sullivan says...
...unit in question was originally owned by Arthur Drinkwater '00, for many years the oldest living Harvard alumnus. Drinkwater died recently, leaving the unit to Harvard, which sold it to Stephen Harrison, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. The University bought the condo from Harrison last month...