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Also at stake in this process is the home rule petition passed two weeks ago by the Cambridge City Council seeking to retain some form of rent control, despite the passage of Question...
...wanted to reserve judgement on the petition in light of the fact that there were some withstanding legal questions," he said. ("What happens if the referendum is set aside or affected in some way [is that]the city would be left without [its original] rent control laws...
Despite the restraining order, the Cambridge Tenants' Union will continue to circulate a referendum petition seeking to repeal the city council's home rule petition, said Bryle Breny, a tenant and rent control advocate...
...addition to the rent control proposal, the four other measures blocked by zobel include Question 3, which allows a check box for voluntary contributions, on student term bills; Question 4, the "term limits" measure; Question 5, which repeals the state's "Blue Laws"; and Question 8, which would require the legislature to spent gasoline tax revenues on highway repair and construction...
...state house of representatives approved the "home rule" rent control petitions of Cambridge, Boston, and Brookline yesterday, advancing the cities' attempt to preserve some form of rent control...