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Though he's running with the Independents, Alfred E. Vellucci is sometimes referred to as the fifth CCA councilor. Without his vote, the two most important CCA stances--for rent control and against condominium conversion--would be impossible. And so the liberals badly need Vellucci, especially if they don't pick up a fifth seat. His seat appears fairly safe, though the 30-year council veteran never wins by large margins. He may lose some CCA transfers because of the crowded liberal field, but his East Cambridge power base appears strong enough to allow him to hold...
...simple result of the intricate PR tabulation scheme is that it takes far less than a majority of the citizens of Cambridge to elect a city councilor or school committee member. Ten per cent will...
Current Independent councilor Kevin Crane '72, who is not running for re-election, says that with straight majority voting the Independents would probably fare much better than they have. But Crane adds that the advantages to all Cambridge citizens outweigh the political disadvantages to his fellow Independents...
...Just compare Cambridge to Boston, where there are many more minorities, but still no minorities on the (Boston) city council. Here, where we have at most eight to 10 per cent Blacks, there has traditionally been one Black councilor and sometimes...
...past decade rent control has survived in Cambridge through a precarious one man majority on the city council. Four councilors--members of the Cambridge Civic Association--have pledged to maintain the present system, four would like to at least significantly weaken it, and one--former mayor and long-time councilor Alfred E. Vellucci--takes delight in holding the swing vote. He has never dropped his support of rent control, though...