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Some challengers in the November 6 council election, however, said Cambridge has barely begun implementation of its affirmative action program...
...Council challenger Charles J. Caragianes responded that it "is important we make sure hiring practices are not done solely for statistical purposes. Women need to get real leadership positions." Caragianes added that the city should hire more female department heads...
Challenger David Clinton said, "Part of the problem is that city manager James Sullivan brought his whole team in with him when he came to Cambridge. What that meant is that we started off with a lot of key positions already filled," he added. Clinton lost his council seat in the last municipal election...
...Council candidates all agreed that the city needs more police protection to combat crime against women on city streets, and most said they favored continuing the city's boycott on spending public funds to attend conventions in states that haven't ratified the Equal Rights Amendment...
McBride said unions were neither against capitalism nor technological innovation in industry. He added that he does not share the socialist views of some of his colleagues on the AFL-CIO Executive Council...