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...Since rent control was defeated by the voters last November, observers say Myers, a Cambridgeport resident endorsed by the Cambridge Civil Association (CCA), has been less active in city politics...
...Myers said family concerns, not the outcome on the rent control issue, influenced his decision not to seek re-election...
Myers' decision not to seek reelection opens the door to new candidates unburdened by the legacy of rent control. Still, candidates may be seeking office in response to Myers service there...
...loners, a motel offers cheap, hassle-free comfort. Jerald Doherty, 39, moved to the Desert Inn a year ago, after a relative gambled away his rent and utility money, leaving his credit record in ruins. A cook at Denny's, he pays $380 a month for a small room that he has made into a home: a microwave, a tabletop refrigerator, a coffee maker, a hot plate, a vcr, a collection of 28 beer steins and an aquarium with tropical fish complement a ragged sofa with foam spilling out of the cushions and a filthy shag carpet. "I want...
...shirt and clean white socks. "I can't wait till all this blows over, and I can go back to the mountains again," he says as he ushers a Time reporter into his living room, furnished with two couches and an exercise machine. He spends $250 a month on rent, getting by, according to a friend, on the Social Security survivor's benefits paid because his wife died...