Word: willingly
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Actually, names provide as much of a rationale for choosing councilors as anything else in this election year. No one has mentioned many issues, and although all have talked about the racial violence plaguing the city, few have offered any solutions. When Boston voters pull the council and school board...
A rent control opponent, Crane favors instead vacancy decontrol, which he says will provide adequate protection for elderly 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...
The black community for years has sent Saundra Graham, who also holds influence because of her state representative position, to the council. This year, black challenger Alvin Thompson is mounting a strong opposition drive--it's unlikely that he will beat Graham and doubtful that he can win on his...
...possibility of upset exists. Walter Sullivan will breeze into office, probably at the head of the field, but Mayor Danehy, Frisoli, and Crane all face fights. Two former councilors upset in the 1977 elections. Daniel Clinton and Leonard Russell, have outspent the incumbents ("People in office are less willing to hit up their supporters for dough" theorizes one city politician), and are trying to rebuild the coalitions that elected them in the past. Danehy didn't pay his taxes on time two years ago, a revelation that may damage his candidacy. Frisoli, who has run front page ads in local...