Word: conventioneers
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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, 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...
This system encourages a variety of strategies, most notably slate politics. Liberals can field a large number of candidates without fatally diluting their strength by grouping under the Cambridge Convention banner and capitalizing on their cross-over vote strength. Since every ballot will eventually count for some candidate, left-leaning...
Liberal (defined in Cambridge politics as supporting the Cambridge Convention's platform) membership of the council has fluctuated since '71, but the laws have still stayed on the books. Critics of the law claim it discourages housing construction and maintenance by making real estate an unprofitable business. Though landlords have...
Kevin P. Crane '71 is looking to carry on the family political tradition. He is the son of Edward Crane '35, former Cambridge mayor and city councilor. Young Crane is running his own campaign as an independent, and has not sought the endorsement of Cambridge Convention '77.