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First of all, there is no resident control for Cambridge Model Cities. There never has been, and there probably never will be. The program has been directed from above, like all other bureaucracies, and the overwhelming majority of the people who supposedly "run" the program have returned a verdict of...
They know nothing about the program, expect nothing from it, and are generally unaware of any of the numerous CDA services, with the interesting exception of the 60,000 plastic garbage bags distributed free throughout the area.
But the fact remains that they are not products of the area they serve. They have been imported with their carpetbags, and in spite of claims that the CDA Board members are the guiding force, it is the top staff personnel who run the show.
This probably is the way it ought to be. I can hold little hope for any attempt for true full-time neighborhood control over programs to serve the neighborhood. These are working class people who have neither the time, the inclination, nor the training to pilot a comprehensive program of...
The issue transcends even the question of political power. Cambridge Model Cities will inevitably be run either by a group of professional outsiders on the CDA staff, or by a group of professional outsiders from City Hall. The structure makes very little difference.