Word: controllables
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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First, candidates point out that the committee controls all appointments within the system, from top administrators down to driver's administrators. The council can only make noise over City Manager James L. Sullivan's personnel decisions, they say. Then they explain how the school committee makes up its own budget, while control of the city budget rests mainly with Sullivan. Once satisfied that the audience knows they do more than decide what year to teach "Health," candidates can turn to the real issues...
THREE ISSUES in the Cambridge City Council race should be foremost in voters' minds Tuesday. First, rent control must be preserved. Second, the city must keep a tight lid on the expansion of condominiums. And third, the five-year reign of City Manager James L. Sullivan and his professional administration must be affirmed and strengthened...
Currently, CCA candidates hold four of the nine city council seats and three of the seven school committee slots. They stand for liberal policy--rent control, limited condominium conversion and professional city management." And chances are, they will stand as strong after tomorrow's election as they do today...
Addressing only tenant issues, the equally liberal Rent Control Task Force endorsed a slate of candidates but raised only $100 through October 20 for its campaign...
...CPOA are the other side of the CCA coin--they draw their support from parts of the city not dissected by Brattle St., and from people who collect rent, not pay it. Virulently anti-rent control, with almost a messianic attachment to condominiums, the CHT leaders a few weeks ago endorsed a slate of candidates all their own. But although the group will mail out leaflets and help work at the polls, their presence isn't felt in the same way as the CCA's, mainly because their candidates are of a different breed. Instead of the team players...