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Last year, the highly controversial Proposition 1-2-3 referendum, which would have allowed occupants of rent controlled apartments to purchase the apartments after a year of residency, sparked an unusually high turnout of approximately 29,000 voters. Ten-year local activist Jack E. Martinelli, who was resident of the progressive coalition Cambridge Civic Association (CCA) from 1986 to 1987, predicts an average to below-average turnout of 24,000 or so this year...
...Martinelli says this situation both favors the incumbents because they know how to campaign effectively and get out their vote, and indicates that voters are satisfied with the performance of the council over the past two years. He also points out that the fact that only 10 challengers are running this year in city elections which usually attract 20 or 30 demonstrates that potential candidates see the incumbents as hard to beat...
...only challenger to get consistently good odds from observers is former mayor and conservative Independent Alfred E. Vellucci, infamous for his vitriolic responses to any issue to come his way, who is often referred to as the "10th incumbent." So for Martinelli and others, the issue in this election race without a standout issue is whether the progressive CCA councillors, who two years ago won a majority on the council for the first time, will maintain their hold on the city government...
...Martinelli said suspending Rickard should be a higher priority than investigating possible criminal charges...
...case is more important," said Martinelli. "It speaks to a possible improper influence on one of the city's most powerful boards...