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...Dukakis' support here in Massachusetts was not as solid as he expected. In a recent poll of likely Massachusetts voters done by KRC Research of Cambridge for the Boston Herald and WBZ-TV, Dukakis led Vice-President Bush by a mere 43 percent to 39 percent--well within the five point margin of error. Eighteen percent of the poll respondents were undecided...
Cambridge Election Commissioner Sondra Scheir said the Commission works all year round, "sitting on every street corner," educating people about the voting process. She has run registration booths at the Science Center and the Freshman Union in recent days for Harvard students to register as Cambridge voters...
...This recent Congressional action only reminds Washingtonians that they remain subject to the whims of politically-motivated legislators who should have no business meddling in the internal affairs of a city outside of their jurisdiction. Congress legally has final say over District appropriations and retains its authority to "amend or repeal" the city's laws...
...This recent legislative action shows clearly the power of powerful, vested interests--such as the insurance lobby and nationwide evangelical organizations--against local residents, especially when these residents are predominantly poor and Black and have no representation in Congress. Most of all, such outside interference reveals the city's increasingly strained relationship with the Congress on which it must rely, and indicates that its own local government may be in jeopardy...
...result, not only is time running out on statehood, but the District's right to "home rule" may soon be in jeopardy. McKinney's death and the recent retirements of Senators Thomas Eagleton (D-Mo.) and Charles Mathias (R-Md.) have deprived the city of three of its major allies on the Hill...