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...trend is obvious down the line. Francis Duehay'55, who also ran a high-budget, high-profile campaign, finished stronger than ever before in his re-election bid, only a few hundred votes behind Sullivan. And the candidate who relied most on old-line liberal CCA connections, Mary Ellen Preusser, finished last, losing badly in her re-election...
Seven of the nine council incumbents also seem likely to hold their seats. Only pro-rent control incumbent Mary Ellen Preusser and one-term rent control foe Lawrence E. Frisoli seem likely to lose their spots on the board. They will probably be replaced by Leonard Russell, described as more moderate than Frisoli, and tenant activist David Sullivan, a strong supporter of rent control...
...standings stay as they are, with Alfred E. Vellucci hanging on to his seat and Preusser losing hers, the council will be split between the four independents and the four CCA liberals. Vellucci, not firmly aligned with either camp, but a rent-control supporter, will hold the balance of power, and probably, if he chooses, will be elected mayor...
...Preusser says that if the courts uphold Harvard's exemption under the constitution, she and State Rep. Barney Frank '62 will start the constitutional amendment process...
...Preusser says she has tried to push through home-rule petitions similar to Question 4 since 1978. "The whole allegation that this kind of legislation for the city came about because of the Sparks Street Group is specious," she said...