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Robert A. Romagna '74, Roberto Garcia '75 and W. Keith McCoy '76 yesterday predicted that the issues as defined by the taxpayers and not by the transient student body, will determine their showing at the polls on November...
...Romagna, who tried and failed to win a seat on the Cambridge City Council in 1971, is counting on the Italian and Catholic voters of East Cambridge for the core of his support. He does not expect much support from students--both because of their numerical insignificance in the election and their ideology which Romagna said is somewhat different from...
...both these issues he is opposed by the Cambridge Civic Association(CCA), a liberal, "good government" organization which Romagna considers a "well-intentioned group of hypocrites...
While his stand on corruption is tough, and he supports the firing of city manager Corcoran and city solicitor Cronin, Romagna takes an unusually friendly--for a Cambridge politician at election time--stand toward the universities"...they are good for the city," he said. "I'm not against any more expansion of the universities--the city will probably keep the same mix of rich and poor, and we just ought to face it, and start building the city up," he added. "I'm in favor of the university building high-rise, high-income condominiums along the riverfront...
Asked if he would like to live right behind a high-rise apartment building himself, Romagna appeared flustered for a moment and answered, "Why, sure, I don't suppose it would do any harm...