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...appeared--and still appears--to have a good shot at winning a seat on the nine-member panel. A tireless campaigner, she has probably shaken as many hands as any candidates save the Sullivans, Walter and David. But despite her avowed support for rent control and opposition to condominium conversion. Abt got only three votes at the tenant convention; more than 100 activists voted against her, and she was the only candidate in attendance to be defeated. She was, she said, "shocked...
...pendulums, though, is that they always swing back. There are signs that the CCA romance with the left--with the city's disadvantaged--may be fading. Or perhaps it is not so much the CCA itself, for its platform still expressed unequivocal support for rent control and limits on condominium conversion. The change instead may be with the traditional CCA voters, and if their mood is shifting, then most likely the organization will quickly scurry to the right. Increasingly, Brattle St. voters seem more worried about issues that affect them--tax assessments are the prime example--than about issues that...
Tenants are probably the least organized group in America, he said, adding that groups such as his own should work to preserve rent control laws and fight condominium conversion...
Less than a month remains before the election, and candidates on both sides of the condominium issue said yesterday the anonymous leaflet might affect their campaigns...
Sullivan, singled out for mention in the leaflet, said it was part of a campaign to keep condominium owners--a political constituency that has emerged as potentially important in just the last few years--from voting for the CCA slate...