Word: referendum
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...Question 9 supporters said the city is trying desperately to ignore a democratic referendum...
...unexpectedly, the City of Cambridge is attempting a massive last-ditch effort to save rent control. In response to the passage of Question 9 in the recent statewide referendum which abolished the practice, Mayor Kenneth E. Reeves '72, City Manager Robert W. Healy and City Councillor Jonathan S. Meyers are among those teaming with House Speaker Charles F. Flaherty (D-Cambridge) in the crusade to defend the failed policy...
...will be in the courts. Proponents of rent control brought Question 9 before the state's Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) this summer, charging that the ballot question violated the autonomy of local communities. But the SJC ruled that the question was constitutional and ordered that it remain on the referendum...
Question 9 opponents said the referendum violates the autonomy of local communities. "It's up to voters in those communities to decide on the bill," said Benjamin N. Nidus, a Cambridge rent-control tenant who voted yesterday at Gund Hall...
...Supreme Judicial Court this summer confirmed the constitutionality of the referendum. "The home-rule issue has already been settled by the SJC," said Salim E. Kabawat, MHC treasurer...