Word: council
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Though twenty-four candidates have signed up to seek the council's nine spots, they are having trouble differentiating themselves in a year with few divisive issues...
...There is definitely a larger field of candidates than you normally get," said long-time council observer Robert Winters, who is running for a council seat. "There are a few people who are not particularly credible, and there are people who may draw [no more than] a few hundred votes...
...Cambridge City Council doesn't vote on the death penalty, and their opinions on abortion are of little consequence," he said. "Who people will choose comes down to smaller items that make the city tick...
...Alice L. Turkel, are running for six spots in what Cambridge political analyst Glenn S. Koocher '71 has said will be a tight race. Cambridge's mayor--who doubles as the chair and seventh member of the School Committee--will round out the new board after the new City Council chooses a new mayor in January...
David P. Maher and Harris are not running for re-election, though Maher is trying to make the traditional jump from the School Committee to the City Council...