Word: slates
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...group of liberal reformer politicians have banded together to offer Cambridge residents a clear-cut alternative to the independents. That alternative, the Cambridge Convention '75 slate, includes an ironclad platform provision for the retention of rent control...
...split in the ranks of the Independents, old-style Democrats who draw their strength from working-class and ethnic sections of the city. Last time the five Independent councilors--Sullivan, Daniel J. Clinton, Thomas W. Danehy, Alfred E. Vellucci and Leonard J. Russell--ran together on an "Independent Slate;" this alliance was splintered after the election, however, when Sullivan and Russell decided to support the liberals' choice for city manager in return for their own election as mayor and vice-mayor...
...unseating of incumbents takes place this fall, the candidates to watch as the election returns drift slowly in (with PR voting, it often takes a week to figure out the winners) will be the four non-incumbents on the CC '75 slate. Of the four-John Brode, David Clem, Eric Davin and Mary Ann Preusser-each claims that he or she will be the lucky winner if CC '75 picks up a fifth seat, and the complexity of Cambridge voting makes it hard to tell the bluffers from the true believers. All four, of course, embrace the CC '75 platform...
...response to the threat the conservatives formed an Independent slate, presenting a fairly unified front and encouraging voters to tick off their candidates down the line...
David A. Wylie, a city councilor seeking re-election on the Cambridge Convention '75 slate, said recently that even in its present small numbers the student vote has to be considered by candidates for office. "Elections are always very, very close and even a few hundred votes will make a tremendous difference." In past elections, the city council's crucial fifth seat (the swing seat out of nine) has been won or lost by the slight margin of only 30 to 40 votes. If a lot of students were to register Wylie believes it "would shake things...