Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Candidate statement: "The incumbents on the School Committee know very little about setting policy, which is their legal mandate. They spent money on resources that did not go directly into the classroom--shame on them...
...recognizing the health hazards of smoking, Philip Morris and other tobacco companies may just be attempting to avert legal action such as that undertaken by many state attorneys general in recent years. Lawsuits since 1995 have sought to make cigarette makers reimburse the costs of smoking-related health care, arguing that companies had intentionally misled smokers into thinking that cigarettes were safe. Openly stating the risks now could free companies of any charges of misrepresentation in the future...
Chase has been active in local Libertarian groups, as well as the Fully Informed Jury Association, the Separation of School/State Alliance, and other community organizations. The only Libertarian candidate in the race, Chase forwards a legal system based on personal liberty...
...former legal services tenant lawyer, Braude is now a media and political consultant. His goals include removing personal conflict from Council discussions, spending money on affordable housing and public schools, and forwarding a "strong mayor" system for Cambridge...
...contras, but was against the Gulf War. These days, whether they are talking health care, education, crime or poverty, the instruments they use, for the most part, all come out of the New Democrat toolbox. Bradley has gone further left on gays, proposing that they should have all the legal and economic rights of marriage short of the title itself, and he's gone further on gun control, where he favors registering all handguns. But on most issues, he is mainly promising to spend more rather than spend differently. On health care, no one is proposing a government takeover...