Word: saundra
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ability of councilors to win re-election by appealing directly to a small group of constituents. "You've basically got two types," a Harvard government professor says. "One is the Al Vellucci type, who offers symbolic jokes at Harvard's expense, and the other is the cult figure like Saundra Graham, who has a personal following and an acme of influence in a neighborhood but can't really put a coalition together...
City Councillors Barbara Ackermann and Saundra M. Graham also praised the report Sunday...
Councilor Saundra M. Graham said last night that the increase was justified because it would help to cover expenses incurred while she was performing her duties as a councilor...
This is nothing new. Other neighborhoods surrounding Harvard are also stirring to protect themselves from outside pressures, including the perceived threat of Harvard expansion. The Riverside Neighborhood, southeast of Dunster and Mather Houses, led by Saundra Graham, was the first and most conspicious example. In a protest against Harvard expansion in that neighborhood, Graham led an occupation of the stage at Harvard's Commencement in 1970. Some say that act launched her into her present City Council seat...
...councilors opposed Vellucci's resolution because of the large number of apartments affected. Councilor Saundra M. Graham, an opponent of decontrol, said, "In a city like Cambridge, decontrolling rents on vacancies means destroying rent control...