A strict believer in term limitations, Noblesays she limited herself to two terms as a StateRepresentative from 1974 to 1978 and canaccomplish her goals for the council within thesame time frame.

John R. Pitkin says he decided to run in thiselection after heading the Mid-CambridgeNeighborhood association for six years.

Pitkin says his work with the neighborhoodassociation has given him a great deal ofexperience with the intricacies of citygovernment.

"I'm running because I'm a democrat and I thinkthat the city government has to do a better jobserving the community," Pitkin says.

If elected he says he would work to make cityservices accessible to all residents by recordingevery request for service and then reporting theserequests to the city council.

"Currently," Pitkin says, "Requests end up inthe equivalent of a dead letter office."

Pitkin says he also hopes Harvard will become abetter Cambridge neighbor.

"I'm certainly and advocate of setting higherstandards for institutions of higher education inthe Cambridge community," Pitkin says.

Ron Potvin, 30, says he's the only Republicanrunning for Cambridge City Council.

"I'm pro-development and pro-business and Iunderstand the importance of commercial interestin the city," says Potvin, who is endorsed by theAlliance for Change.

Potvin would like Harvard to be more involvedwith the city. However, he says that the key tothe city's financial stability is not greatercontributions from Harvard but a larger tax baseand more fiscal prudence.

Potvin, who was born and brought up inCambridgeport, is opposed to rent control in itscurrent form.

Kenneth E. Reeves '72 says the most difficultdecision he has made in his four years on the citycouncil is the decision to become Cambridge'smayor.

Reeves, who is 42 and a resident of the Agassizneighborhood, says that while his mayoral dutieshave drawn him away from his legal practice theyhave allowed him to become involved with issuessuch as education reform.

As mayor, Reeves serves as head of the schoolcommittee, and in this capacity says he has helpedto lead a "revolution" in the city's publicschools.