Word: wolfs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...then the 1983 election may come too late to save the city. Fortunately, there are candidates running pledged to support fundamental issues of economic and social justice. They include all members of the Cambridge Civic Association (CCA) slate--David Sullivan, Francis H. Duehay '55, David Wylie, Saundra Graham, Alice Wolf, Mary Ellen Preusser, Wendy Abt and Robert White. And they also include the standard-bearers of the city's tenant convention--besides most of the CCA group, the tenant slate includes Alvin Thompson, Brian Feigenbaum and Alfred E. Vellucci, the dean of the city council whose longstanding compassion has kept...
...running for another term; CCA leaders announced a slate of candidates that looked stronger than any in recent history. It included not only the four incumbents--David Sullivan, Francis H. Duehay '55, David Wylie, and Saundra Graham--but also three challengers given a chance of winning seats--Alice Wolf (who gained a record number of votes in her last school committee race), Wendy Abt (who ran a strong race for State Senate and enjoys high name recognition), and Mary Ellen Preusser (a former councilor...
Just how many will drop their support for the incumbents remains to be seen, though. Alice Wolf, for instance, could run very very strong. She rolled up 5490 votes in her run for school committee two years ago; if she held them all in the council race, she'd make quota twice over. But everyone who backed her for school committee two years ago voted for someone else, number one for city council--and most city voters take the council contest more seriously than the school race. If her voters prove loyal to her, Wolf will be a leader...
What's glorious, though, is that nobody knows for sure. The Longfellow School will be crowded Wednesday when the count begins. It will stay crowded for a week, until, finally, the counting ends for another two years.ALICE WOLF...
...fickle voters, or so the legend goes) will be less tense than Wednesday, when the count begins. And the suspense will build straight through Thursday and probably well into Friday as the process continues. The CCA will elect four candidates--Graham, Duehay, David Sullivan and someone else, most likely Wolf--almost for certain; their bid at a fifth seat, then rests on a number of factors, some beyond their control...