Word: tenant
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Buoyed by voters' overwhelming rejection of the referendum--which would have dramatically altered the city's rent control system--opponents of 1-2-3 scored a political coup. In last week's elections, pro-tenant councillors secured six of the nine seats on City Council--the highest majority since...
...third camp of challengers, modeling themselves after Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci, campaigned as pro-tenant Independents opposed...
Section 1. Any tenant who has occupied a controlled rental unit for a period of at least two years shall be entitled to purchase and occupy his or her unit as a condominium unit owner, if tenant and landlord both so agree...
Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci, a veteran of 20 Cambridge elections, predicted that the remaining seats would be distributed in accordance with the current first-choice vote rankings. That would mean a majority of five for the CCA, in addition to pro-tenant Independent Timothy J. Toomey, Jr. who is expected to side with the good-government group on most issues...
...council watcher suggested awarding a medal to 1-2-3 author Frederick R. Meyer for helping to bring out pro-tenant support. Another quipped that the CCA should have put the referendum on the ballot themselves...