Word: grahams
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...attacks centered on the efforts of Graham's son, Carl Graham Jr., to evict tenants from rent-controlled apartments in a six-family building he had recently bought, to make room for his own family and two of his sisters. Although Graham was present at the sale of the house, she denied giving her son anything more than moral support...
...children don't change my issues," says Graham. "If they did, my oldest son would have me vote down rent control, and I don't believe in that...
Nonetheless, the controversy surrounding her children may be one reason why Graham has been hard pressed to hold her City Council seat in recent years. In 1983, she was one of four candidates for City Council to be elected solely from first choice votes on the city's preferential ballot. In the 1985 election, she barely managed to retain her position, coming in last among the nine seats on the Council...
...Graham also has some ties to developers. Amongthe contributors to her campaign are Cambridgearchitects as Peter Steffian and Graham Gund, bothof whom have been involved in building low-andmoderate-income housing...
...reasonable person," says Steffian, whocollaborated with Graham on the construction of808 Memorial Drive. "She realizes that to get themost out of what she's looking for, she's got togive something up along...