Word: rent
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Earlier this month, observers said they expected the Alliance to benefit from a desire to cut taxes and last November's abolition of rent control...
Alliance members think they now have a chance at claiming some of the monolithic support from the city's 15,000 tenants who live in rent-controlled apartments that CCA candidates had secured before...
...Rent control is gone, and people want fiscal accountability," said Linda B. Levine, co-chair of the Small Property Owners Association...
...Although rent control was the divisive issue drawing voters to the polls since 1970, its abolition by statewide referendum last November means that citizens must now focus on other issues...
...Broader issues aren't as heart rendering as rent control," said Walsh. "I see a turnout of about 19,000. Conservatives were the first choice of 55 percent of voters in 1993 but were at a disadvantage because CCA-endorsed candidates received a huge number of transfer votes...