Dukach, who has lived in Cambridge since 1989, wants to cut the salaries of the city councillors. She is not endorsed by any civic groups and wants to serve on the council simply as a good citizen.

"My husband and I just bought a house here in Cambridge and that was a good opportunity to get involved with the community we're bringing our child into," says Dukach, who has a baby due at the end of January.

The Libertarian candidate wants to begin her campaign to reduce government intervention in the lives of Cantabrigians by phasing out rent control.

Dukach, whose brother is the youngest tenured Harvard professor, is happy with Harvard's role in the community.

Anthony D. Galluccio wants to take care of working people's needs.

"I think that there's a real need for representatives for working class people in Cambridge," says Galluccio, who is endorsed by the Alliance for Change.

Galluccio says he is pro-development because"the main needs of working class people are jobsand an economy and safe streets."

He says that many higher income people who likethe atmosphere of Cambridge forget that there areworking people here who need jobs.

"Cambridge is not a suburb. It's a city," hesays. "Cities look to attract business. Only inCambridge do we drive the businesses out."

Galluccio opposes rent control because he saysit "is not a low income housing policy" andproposes a housing subsidy program to take itsplace.

Galluccio, whose father and sister are Harvardgraduates and whose mother works for Harvard, saysthe universities make an important contribution tothe city.

Vivian Kurkjian wants to clean up the city.

Kurkjian, who has lived in Cambridge since1975, says one of the things which first struckher about this area was that the streets weredirty. "The first thing I want to do is startenforcing the litter law," she says.

Kurkjian, whose campaign literature is writtenin iambic pentameter, says she was inspired to runfor public office when she found out there was ahole in the ozone layer.

"My own belief is that it's one of theunderlying causes of AIDS and other auto-immunediseases," says the Brattle Street area resident,who is not endorsed by any civic groups.