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Meanwhile, challenger Sam Seidel, a wonkish Harvard-trained urban planner coming off of a narrow loss in 2005, won a place on the council, and Councillor David P. Maher, who was elected in a special election in September, retained his seat...
...Seidel is not afraid to get into the nitty gritty—he’s willing to take on the neighborhood nuisance of leaf blowers, for example, and has criticized the vote that allocated staffers to city council members...
...fitting with his background and approach to the issues, Seidel has well-formed views about development: he advocates high density construction around key areas like T stops and Mass...
...election nears, Seidel is banking on the fact that voters understand the issues and are willing to pick a quiet technocrat with two advanced degrees. He’s confident that voters understand the changes taking place in Cambridge, and that they will demand an entirely new set of answers—and people...
...think there is a group of people who understand what I believe is this basic shift—they have progressive values but they are not tied to the old battles of Cambridge,” Seidel says. “My hope is that these voters start to assert themselves now, because not only do I think the conversation has changed, but the underlying dynamic has changed...