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The outcome of tomorrow's election could be the preface to a softening in the stand of the Cambridge Civic Association (CCA), which currently strongly supports rent control and limitations on condominium conversion. If Mary Allen Wilkes, the "condo candidate," runs well or even wins, or if she loses and...
At least 2000 Cambridge apartments have been converted to condominiums in recent years. What the Wilkes and Abt vote could show is that condo owners have emerged as a distinct political bloc in this city. Two years ago it appeared they hadn't, no candidate appealed directly to them, and...
And Abt--though much less directly, and perhaps not by her own choice--seems to be appealing to similar feelings. She is the first CCA candidate not to win the endorsement of the city's tenants, a rebuff delivered at a late summer convention. Abt has promised not to vote...
The buzz word for Abt and Wilkes supporters seems to be "flexibility." "We want to send a message to the CCA," says John Hudson, chairman of the Cambridge Condominium Network Steering Committee, who sports a Wilkes button on his lapel. The message, he adds, is that the CCA has been...
Russell, who said he collected most of his money at fundraisers, reported taking in $6182 and paying out $5510. Wilkes, who had billed herself as the condo candidate, had raised $5928 and spent $5533. Many of her contributions came from residents of buildings like her 1572 Mass Ave home that...