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...this year's mayoral race amounts to a demolition derby. After winning February's Democratic primary, black Mayor Harold Washington has been challenged by two white opponents from his own party for the April 7 election, although both are running under minor-party labels. Yet Cook County Tax Assessor Thomas Hynes and Alderman Edward Vrdolyak are spending most of their time attacking each other...
After Vrdolyak accused Hynes of using his office as county tax assessor to gain more business for his law firm, Hynes was quoted in the Chicago Sun Times suggesting that Vrdolyak had met with a Mafia boss. Vrdolyak sued for libel and accused Hynes of being a "liar and a sleaze." Even Washington, who leads Hynes by 35% and Vrdolyak by 39%, could not resist stooping for a shot at his longtime enemy Vrdolyak. Said the mayor: "He's slime...
...hours after the announcement, the records were surrendered to police by a lawyer representing Andreas J. Hackner, a junior tax assessor for Revenue Canada, who was promptly suspended and may face theft charges. Hackner reportedly borrowed the files to start a business in tracking down dormant bank accounts...
...some particularly close contests, the President may have turned off voters by attacking Democratic candidates by name. "The Republicans overdid it with Reagan," says Orleans Parish Assessor Ken Carter, who backed Democrat Breaux. "He began to sound like just another politician." In Missouri, former Republican Governor Christopher ("Kit") Bond withdrew an ad in which Reagan warmly endorsed him. Bond feared that it would inspire anti-Reagan votes for his opponent...
Approximately 4300 of the total 18,000 commercial and family dwellings in Cambridge are condominiums, said Richard M. Brescia of the Cambridge Assessor's office. Lately there have been a lot of townhouse developments and rowhouses constructed, he said. Brescia said that about 75 units are built per year in Cambridge...