Marcy

When John Marcy left high school he graduated from the civil rights movement to the student anti-war movement. When he graduated from Boston University he moved easily into Cambridge tenant organizing, being a renter in Cambridgeport himself. Now, at 25, he is one of this election's younger and more radical contenders.

Marcy, who recently dropped off the Grass Roots Organization (GRO) slate, is also battling the developers who are buying and building "in some perverse celebration of 1976 where they're going to turn the riverfront into a Miami Beach," and the universities, whose moratorium on land-buying will soon expire.

Eaglin

Fulton B. Eaglin is young, black, and a well-educated lawyer. So is Henry Owens, incumbent city councilor and bete-noir of the Cambridge Civic Association (CCA).

Eaglin's platform outlines three areas in need of reform: "First, economic development of the Kendal Square area for the purpose of increasing the tax base; second, rent control which serves all fairly; and, finally, joining with other cities and towns to stop the pollution of the Charles River."

Moore

John Moore guesses that his chances for election are 50-1 against and this is probably a conservative estimate. Without a slate, campaign funds, or a well-known political name, the obstacles to election are almost insurmountable.

The Cambridge election laws, which make access to the November ballot easy (there is no primary), encourage people like Moore to use the race as a forum for their views. Moore, whose background is in computer programming and transportation economics, is stressing the issue of transportation planning in Cambridge.

Savoy

Alice Savoy lives in a world of blown fuses, broken heaters, irresponsible landlords and absentee policemen.

She believes the major issue in the campaign is the need for low-rise low-income housing with options to buy. But an equally important issue in her eyes is police-community relations. "We need a new police station--not to lock up people but to have a nice, birght place where problems can be discussed," she says.

Downes

Brian Downes is an independent with a small i.

A graduate student at Boston State College, the 24-year old Downes lashes out at both CCA and Independent slates--which he terms "cliques"--in his door to door campaign.