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After failing to turn in the paperwork necessary to appear on the ballot for November’s Cambridge City Council election, five-term incumbent Councillor Marjorie C. Decker is attempting to become the first candidate in recent history to wage a successful write-in campaign.On Wednesday, Decker, a Cambridge native, sent an e-mail to supporters asking for backing and donations and explaining her sticker campaign, which distributes stickers with her name on them so that voters can affix them to ballots.In addition to hiring an attorney to ensure that all goes smoothly on and after election day, Decker...
...Cambridge City Councillor Sam Seidel said that he hopes that the tax increases will not have too much of a negative impact on Cambridge, even though consumers are spending less in the current economy. He noted that Harvard Square seems to be "immune" to the effects that tax hikes would typically have on small businesses...
...think it is fair to say this is more than your typical summer emergence of greater incidence of crime and potentially violence,” City Councillor Sam Seidel said. “There seems to be something happening that requires real attention...
...Despite reassurances from police, City Councillor Craig A. Kelley said some residents are worried...
Such rejection of the system has rattled the establishment. Officials at the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) have been running an expensive campaign calling on people to vote and are unhappy about now having to argue their point. "To consolidate our democracy, we need more participation, not less," says IFE councillor Arturo Sanchez. The Roman Catholic Church has also spoken out against the movement, with one bishop calling it "stupidity." And several politicians have attacked its advocates as being "irresponsible" for encouraging people to shirk their civic duty...