Word: referendum
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Vowing to "preserve rental housing in the state," State Sen. Michael J. Barrett '70 (D-Cambridge) has said the oppooses the controversial ballot referendum Proposition...
...announcement released last week, Barrett said that if passed, the referendum would lead to the demise of affordable housing in the city and encourage its erosion elsewhere...
...addition, voters will be faced with a referendum known as Proposition 1-2-3 that could reduce by thousands the number of rent-controlled apartments in a city where more than 70 percent of residents do not own their own homes...
...Council elections weren't enough, affordable housing faces another threat this fall in Proposition 1-2-3. This referendum, penned by Cambridge realtor Frederick N. Meyer, would allow tenants who have lived in rent-controlled apartments to buy them. The argument Meyer uses is that the loss of a rent-controlled apartment is offset by the gain of a new homeowner. The proposal's advocates paint the issue as one of "choice...
...says that because the student body last year voted down a referendum that would have allowed it to elect the council chair, the chair should not be "presidential." Unlike Lee, Subramanian issued a would not vote or take positions on council issues...