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...being carried out by and on behalf of the Convention '75 candidates, who, despite the "every-man-for-himself" nature of school committee race, have banded together and under a "progressive" banner, collectively hurled down the gauntlet to their nine Independent opponents. The formation of the Convention '75 slate, then, killed two birds with one stone--in addition to allowing the seven endorsed candidates to enjoy the economy and mutual support afforded by pooled resources, it also eliminated once and for all the charade of a "non-partisan" campaign. Political lines were quickly and clearly drawn, and the interparty friction...
Four of the six incumbents are members of the Convention '75 slate, and only two are Independents. As one candidate put it, the current race will determine "where the balance of power is going to be on the committee...
...means is Barber a one-issue candidate. Although some would label him politically conservative, he says he agrees with much of the Cambridge Convention '75 platform. However, he says, unlike the rest of the slate, he's not an ideologue, but a "problem solver...
...Irish working-class neighborhood just northwest of the Radcliffe Quad for all of his 36 years, feels that the College always considered his neighborhood somewhat of a "blight." Now that he's running for city council, he hopes that both the Independents and the Cambridge Convention '75 slate will find him to be a bit of a blight himself...
...city, and he said he doesn't like the Cambridge Convention people because he thinks they are too removed from the working-class people from Cambridge. Courtney points out that while 80 per cent of the families in Cambridge are tenants, all of the candidates on the Cambridge Convention slate are property owners...