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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.

11.  I love to run the Charles River and Fresh Pond, and attend CRLS football games. 

Michael Sullivan

1. I voted for a proposal that accomplished three goals. One, decreasing density in terms of height, scope, and size. Two, providing affordable housing. Three, providing open space and giving the community back some of the river front.

2. The zoning piece is completed, but there’s still a lot of work to do in fostering a better sense of community with Harvard and the neighborhood. I think for these three goals we need to make sure what’s on paper is followed through on.

3. I think the difficulty with PILOT is that it’s all prospective. I think there’s need for some retroactivity in the formula.

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4. I don’t support it. Rent control is never an affordable housing policy.

5. In addition to what we’ve already done for affordable housing units for low and moderate income families, we’re now focusing on initiatives that could provide housing for moderate and middle income families.

6. We need to make a better attempt at developing a community partnership that allows us to work together in providing a safe environment and addresses a number of issues that have existed in the community.

7. The city council has to keep the pressure on in making sure the school department addresses the issues of the achievement gap, community confidence, and the development of a solid education that allows all children to achieve.

8. I didn’t vote in support of the ban, particularly because of the number of establishments located in residential neighborhoods, and the smokers would instead conceivably cause a disturbance in smoking outside.

9. Students in terms of their participation in tutoring and mentoring programs help supplement the education of many kids... It’s an ongoing concern that we need to address and entice establishments to stay open and serve food.

10. It depends on what I feel like any given night.

11. I like to spend time with my kids.

Timothy Toomey

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