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...contrast, says spokesperson Howard P. Ramseur, the Rainbow's goal is a little more basic: to bring new people into the political process...
While the CCA and other political groups have been active in trying to reach new segments of the population, the Rainbow's organizers say that the efforts have not penetrated far enough. What is needed, they say, is a grass-roots movement which will reach the housing projects. The Rainbow Committee, they say, is an attempt to fill...
Council hopeful Rena Leib says that she believes the Rainbow's grass-roots approach may be better able to push for affordable housing and other benefits for the city's disenfranchised, issues which have in the past caused dissension among the CCA ranks...
Despite some of the differences in strategy and policy, Murray and Ramseur say they are not seeking confrontation with the CCA. Instead, they say they see it and the Rainbow playing complementary roles...
Indeed, it would be impossible for the two groups to compete in the upcoming election--all six of the Rainbow's council candidates are also on the CCA's nine-member slate...