Word: conventioneers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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In the 1975 elections for the Cambridge City Council, the reformers fell short of a progressive majority by one councilor, partly because of some internal disagreement over Convention positions.
This year, if a spirited voter registration drive produces a large turnout and if the reformers' assurances of a united and cooperative Convention slate hold true, their goal of a council majority may be realized.
The core of the Convention is a basic 15-point program that all candidates have pledged to support, centering on the issues of housing, professional city management, human services, civil rights, and increased citizen participation in city government.
Cambridge Convention incumbents and candidates all have histories of advocacy for these issues. The reformers, although they have not had a majority except from 1968 to 1973, claim credit for organizing coalitions within the city council that instituted a number of progressive reforms, including rent control. The reformers also claim...
Whatever the accomplishments of Cambridge reformers, the Convention's critics reject the whole idea of a slate. David Clem, independent candidate for city council, said last week the platform "locks the candidates into positions" without enabling them to respond to new evidence bearing on the issues. Clem, who ran with...