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City Council: Election 2003

Twenty candidates are on the ballot for today’s Cambridge City Council election—all nine incumbent councillors plus 11 challengers. The Crimson posed 11 questions to them on the eve of the election.

4. It is a well-intentioned proposal...[but] I don’t support this petition for two reasons. First, the current petition is inequitable (because house prices are relatively higher than rents) and impractical (because this model of regulation has been shown by our past experience not to work for small properties).  

5. More. A lot more...Creative planning and zoning measures can significantly increase the supply of new housing units. More funds for means-tested subsidies could appropriately be funded by increased PILOT payments from the universities.

6. More foot patrols should be considered to increase the sense of public safety, especially for women and after dark.  It is very difficult for increased police activity to prevent specific crimes.

7.  Elect a new Mayor from among their members who will be the best leader for the School Committee, which the Mayor chairs... [and] keep the progress (or further decline) of the public school system at the top of the public agenda by having the next Mayor make formal biweekly reports to the Council about school issues as part of their regular meetings.

8. Yes.  It’s a matter of public health.

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9. Not very involved.  Get them more information about the issues and ways they can get involved.  I am very proud to have a Harvard sophomore working as an intern in my campaign... I will not open an all-night diner, but would support an application for a license for someone else to run one in the middle of Harvard Square.

10. Atasca Restaurant.

11. Rollerblading by the river.

Robert LaTremouille

1. Absolutely not.

2. The biggest problems are the massive attacks on the Charles River including the destruction of 300 trees for the benefit of Harvard.

3. Full taxation.

4. It is not a rent control reinstatement.  It is a rent control reinstatement PLUS a subsidy program which renders the entire thing illegal.

5. Cambridge is the 5th densest city in the country and by far the most dense in the state.  Cambridge is 4th in subsidized housing.

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