Word: renting
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...supporters are counting on different shifts in city voters. One is the rising fear among tenants that rent control is in serious trouble here--in the course of the last two years, most cities in the area have ended rent controls. When they were lifted next door in Somerville, rents soared--a fact to which CCA politicians frequently refer. At the same time, the number of condominium conversions in Cambridge has increased dramatically. Only the frantic legal scrambling of CCA councilors slowed down the condo boom this year, and the prospect of renewed conversions may scare many tenants...
...much the same constituency as Sullivan, and Wylie has spent half as much on his campaign as the other two. Both Duehay and Wylie were also hurt by the endorsement of a newly formed organization, the Concerned Cambridge Citizens, which refused to pledge its support to continuation of rent control. The other councilor Sullivan might draw votes from is Mary Ellen Preusser. "If he knocks someone out, it will be another CCA candidate--they all draw from the same pool of supporters," one observer predicted last week, although the possibility that the weakest conservative could fall also exists...
Timilty knows this. And so, in what many see as a desperation move, he's moderated his stance on rent control and taken several jabs at White's handling of the racial issue. Timilty's campaign aides won't deny their motives. "The people who voted for Mel King are looking for some kind of a statement they can hang onto," one said after the candidate found a new urge to support rent control. "We're giving them one." White, through a series of obnoxious "Breakfast at the Bixbys" radio commercials, has attacked Timilty for waffling--something which the mayor...
THREE ISSUES in the Cambridge City Council race should be foremost in voters' minds Tuesday. First, rent control must be preserved. Second, the city must keep a tight lid on the expansion of condominiums. And third, the five-year reign of City Manager James L. Sullivan and his professional administration must be affirmed and strengthened...
...liberal edge and make progress towards social goals in the city easier. David Sullivan has defended the rights of students for eight years in Cambridge and was a key figure in achieving the current limits on condominium conversion in the city. Alvin Thompson has pledged to support continued rent controls and would add representation from the city's black population...