Although an attempt was made last year to reenact rent control, the petition to return the question to the ballot was thrown out on technicalities.
But while the end of the rent control question--what Koocher calls a "sexy" political issue--might have lowered political involvement, the story of Cambridge's declining activism is more complex.
For residents such as Richard B. Sisson--a clinical researcher--today's issues still matter. He lists without hesitation the local problems he thinks need to be solved.
"Rent control, where money is being spent in the town, less and less affordable places for working people to live, the trend toward making things more upscale," Sisson says.
But his concerns, however, have not transformed into political involvement.
Sisson is another recent arrival to the city--he moved in last June--who has not made any move to take part in local politics.
"It's general apathy, I guess," Sisson says.
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