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...Tenants have complained that rents in Botanic Gardens and other Harvard-owned housing for University affiliates are too high. Linda B. Ramsey, president of the Botanic Gardens tenant association said yesterday, "There isn't much point in providing housing for Harvard affiliates if it's only at the full rate the market will bear...
...City tenants may have gotten some good news at last night's meeting, however; councilor Alfred E. Vellucci, traditionally a supporter of tenant rights but the swing vote in favor of the two condominium conversions, hinted that he would not support not amendment to the ordinance specifically exempting the buildings...
That decision to uphold the law provided the fuel for Wilkes' fire; a stream of leaflets, all printed on legal size white paper, and all anonymous, circulated throughout the city, accusing the CCA candidates, and in particular tenant activist David Sullivan, of conducting a "reign of terror" through their vigorous attempts at enforcing the statute. Wilkes denied responsibility for the leaflets, and they certainly did not match the slick tone of the rest of her campaign; whoever put them out, though, helped her efforts. And the Independents wooed her supporters--a group calling itself the Cambridge Condominium Network endorsed Wilkes...
...Wilkes vote, political patterns again proved hard to break in the city. John St. George '70, who supported the CCA's platform but denounced its style, fared badly in the areas where such a stance was supposed to have helped him. And Robert White, despite a long history of tenant activism, found it next to impossible to break into the solid support of Cambridge apartment-dwellers for David Sullivan. Abt's candidacy may have proved this lesson most of all--despite high name visibility, enormous amounts of money, and an issue-oriented campaign, she was unable to switch many...
...Tenant rights activist David Sullivan finished second to Walter Sullivan for the second time in a row, collecting 2466 votes including the bulk of ballots cast by Harvard students...