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Clinton, who served four terms on the school committee and one term, two years ago, on the City Council, said while condominium conversion provides more tax revenue, it decreases housing for poorer residents. A plan of vacancy decontrol and limitations of conversions in specific areas might counteract those problems, Clinton contends...
Larry Frisoli, first elected to the City Council two years ago, enjoys being a city councilor. "I'm going to get reelected--I'm taking out a front page ad in the Cambridge Chronicle every week until the election," he told his fellow councilors early last spring...
...reason Cantabrigians care so much about municipal elections is that the stakes are sky-high. The entire nine-member council turns over every two years; the potential for change in the city is enormous. And even if only a single seat changes hands in Tuesday's balloting, the effects on city policy are potentially massive...
...supporters are counting on different shifts in city voters. One is the rising fear among tenants that rent control is in serious trouble here--in the course of the last two years, most cities in the area have ended rent controls. When they were lifted next door in Somerville, rents soared--a fact to which CCA politicians frequently refer. At the same time, the number of condominium conversions in Cambridge has increased dramatically. Only the frantic legal scrambling of CCA councilors slowed down the condo boom this year, and the prospect of renewed conversions may scare many tenants...
Cambridge politics is more than a battle between left and right, however. Even if the split between conservatives and liberals on the council remains the same, faces may change. David Sullivan, who lost by eight votes two years ago, will likely grab one of the nine seats--perhaps at the expense of a brother CCA councilor. Sullivan's large organization, student support, and $10,000 campaign budget have added name recognition to the widespread support earned by ten years of tenant activism, including the drafting of the council's condo control bill. Should Sullivan win, CCA veteran David A. Wylie...