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...another procedural issue could influence the fate of Graham's GRO slate. The annual student registration controversy prompted at least preliminary inquiries by the state Attorney General's office this year. Many students have claimed that the city Election Commission has arbitrarily denied them the right to vote here...
Both the CCA and GRO stand to gain votes from student participation and earlier in the campaign they joined forces for a registration drive among students and non-voters...
Over the summer, the Grass Roots Movement (GRO), following the example of these cities, worked out a novel strategy for stopping the developers. GRO held public meetings resulting in a proposed amendment to the Cambridge City Zoning Ordinance. Signatures are now being collected to put this amendment on the ballot in November as an initiative petition. This petition, for the first time, will give the public the decisive voice over all future real estate development...
Early on, GRO recognized the need to deal with the many other problems confronting Cambridge. The issue of big development does not exist in a vacuum. A platform was hammered out for political action on a wide range of problems. This platform centers on five issues basic to the quality of life here in Cambridge...
After setting forth its platform, GRO came up with five candidates in addition to myself: Saundra Graham of Riverside, incumbent city councillor; Mary Amato of Riverside, women's movement activist and community organizer; Paul chase of the model cities area, black activist and leader in the Roberts School community; Frank Fraumeni of East Cambridge, community activist and head of the Model Cities Board; and, John Marcy of Cambridgeport, anti-war activist and recent B.U. student leader...