Word: wolfs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...City Councilor Alice K. Wolf is going door-to-door to solicit votes for today's Cambridge elections. Knock, knock. A voice from inside the apartment shouts to her, "Come in." Leaflet in hand, the first-term incumbent opens the door, ready to introduce herself, and sees a huge hairy man, lying in bed with a woman on either side...
...personal contact with voters is the most important part of local elections, Wolf says, because the city's proportional representation (PR) election system forces candidates to base their campaigns largely on popular appeal and neighborhood support. In PR elections, voters rank all of the candidates in order of preference--one, two, three...
After the distribution of 1 votes, candidates' surplus votes are distributed to the second choice on particular ballots. For example, if Alice Wolf's quota is 3000 votes, and she receives 3500, 500 random ballots are pulled from her stack. Then, each ballot is placed in the pile of its 2 candidate...
...Alice K. Wolf--51, first-term CCA city councilor, four term member of school committee, Democratic state committee member...
THERE ARE SEVEN candidates this year who have demonstrated strong support for rent control. They include six candidates backed by the Cambridge Civic Association (CCA): Francis H. Duehay '55, Saundra K. Graham, Renae Scott, Kenneth E. Reeves '72, David E. Sullivan, and Alice K. Wolf. The CCA candidates also deserve your vote for their consistently strong support for progressive measures such as the civilian police review board, sanctuary for Latin American refugees, regulation of commercial development in the city, government accountability, and a sound city budget. Independent incumbent Alfred E. Vellucci, a self-proclaimed urban populist, also deserves...