Word: stewart
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Edward J. Stewart...
Edward J. Stewart's family has lived in East Cambridge for over 119 years. Two years ago these long ties almost paid off with a Cambridge City Council seat, as Stewart was the first runner-up in the elections. He said recently that he is going to win this time--"just look at The Cambridge Chronicle, they predicted it"--and he claims to have no particular area of support--"all over Cambridge they want...
...only issue Stewart said he really "cares about" is taxes: "Taxes in Cambridge are way too high." Stewart said he would lower taxes by "watching out for every penny the city spends" and "by stopping the colleges like Harvard and MIT from engulfing all the taxable property in residential districts...
According to Stewart, the pace of development in Cambridge is no issue"--it's the colleges that are the problem." As for the other issues in the election, such as rent control and the city manager's salary, Stewart said only that he will "act according to the people...
...Stewart is one of the few candidates who can probably get away with waffling on the issues. As long as he keeps yelling about taxes and the universities, 119 years will go a long...