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...stake on November 5 will be the CCA's newly-won control of the municipal government. Two years ago, promising to defend rent-control, control development and reform government excesses, the 50-year-old CCA won its biggest election victory ever, taking five of the nine council seats. A sixth councillor sympathetic with many CCA causes-Timothy J. Toomey Jr.--also won election. The last time the CCA ran City Hall...
...stake on November 5 will be the CCA's newly-won control of the municipal government. Two years ago, promising to defend rent-control, control development and reform government excesses, the 50-year-old CCA won its biggest election victory ever, taking five of the nine council seats. A sixth councillor sympathetic with many CCA causes--Timothy J. Toomey Jr.--also won election. The last time the CCA ran City Hall...
Over the two years, the CCA has appointed police commissioner Perry Anderson to reform the department, introduced a controversial rent-control reform package, passed a parking freeze in downtown Cambridge to control traffic and pollution and set a progressive tone for the council with actions such as encouraging restaurants to sell "affordable" condoms...
...candidates and supporters say they believe Vellucci's presence will hurt Toomey's chance for reelection because both of the Independent, prorent-control candidates draw strong support in East Cambridge. Walsh said he feels both candidates can win if Vellucci's popularity among rent-control activists draws votes away from...
...first exempts owners of rent-controlled buildings with less than six units, allowing them to sell apartments individually to investors. The other amendment requires that Cambridge report back to the state legislature by July, 1991 on its progress in addressing complaints about the rent-control system made by property owners...