The Candidates: Who They Are, Where They Stand

Katherine Triantafillou, 49

Endorsements: Lavender Alliance, Greater Boston Labor Council, Massachusetts Women¹s Political Caucus, NOW, New Party Painters and Allied Trades, Local #35, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local #40, Victory Fund

Completing her third term as a City Councillor, Triantafillou has litigated several influential gay-rights and domestic abuse cases. She is involved in several gay rights organizations, law associations and support groups for battered women. Her platform includes increasing affordable housing, growth management and traffic control, and promoting race and class equity.

Candidate statement: "I know how to get things done without sacrificing the underlying idealism. I believe wholeheartedly in democracy, as that concept implies the full participation of the citizenry in matters of governance....Students should vote for me because I value their contribution and see them as part of the city.

Jeffrey Jay Chase, 35

Endorsements: Mass Liberty

Chase has been active in local Libertarian groups, as well as the Fully Informed Jury Association, the Separation of School/State Alliance, and other community organizations. The only Libertarian candidate in the race, Chase forwards a legal system based on personal liberty.

Candidate statement: "I am the only candidate who favors dramatically decreasing the scope of our city government. I want to stop or

privatize many of the activities of Cambridge City government," he says.

Kenneth E. Reeves '72, 48

Endorsements: Lavender Alliance, National Organization for Women, Local 40, Bay Windows.

A City Councillor since 1990, and the mayor of Cambridge for four years, Reeves has a background in law. He wants to focus on affordable housing, quality education and sensible, creative zoning changes.

Candidate statement: "I can use my experience in the partnerships formed at Harvard and my leadership experience as mayor of the city of Cambridge to unite coalitions with a vision for my idea of a just city that provides affordable housing, open spaces and fairness to all people."

Anthony D. Galluccio, 32

Endorsements: Greater Boston Labor Council, AFL-CIO, Cambridge Chronicle, Boston Phoenix

A Democrat in his third term as City Councillor, the Vice Mayor wants to increase affordable housing through increased home ownership programs, better connect the local economy to Cambridge's employment base and work for children via after-school programs and public education.

Candidate statement: " I still consider myself very much a street-corner politician. I bring a perspective from the generation that thinks less about political posturing and more about dealing with the biggest societal problems."

Dorothy M. Giacobbe, 55

A longtime employee of the City of Cambridge, Giacobbe has been an activist in local causes like the Eviction Free Zone. She wants to institute rent control, prevent overdevelopment (especially by universities) and promote city employee's rights.

Candidate statement: "I was born and raised in this city, and I truly care about the quality of life in my city."

Vincent L. Dixon, 47

The Republican City Chair for four years, Dixon holds degrees from the Harvard Extension School. He wants to institute town-gown councils with representatives from universities and the city to make long-term solutions.

Candidate statement: "I am a problem-solving Harvard alum."

Robert Winters, 44

Endorsements: Cambridge Civic Association

Active in neighborhood groups, the Harvard mathematics preceptor is the editor of the Cambridge Civic Journal. Winters wants to amend zoning laws to allow more housing units, invest in long-term projects for a new library and police station, and preserve the system of professional city management and the proportional representation election system.

Candidate statement: "I have a record of active, constructive participation in civic affairs in

Cambridge dating back 15 years. I can bridge the gap between the

universities and the rest of the city in a way that no other candidate can."

Kathleen L. Born, 53

Endorsements: Cambridge Civic Association, Cambridge Lavender Alliance, Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus, Carpenters Union Local 40, Painters and Allied Trades Union, Local 35

Born has been a City Councillor for three terms, and is the co-chair of the Cambridge Kids' Council. Her priorities include finding new ways to increase affordable housing, managing development for preservation and locally owned businesses in the city, and making sure every child in Cambridge has access to safe after-school activities and top quality education.

Candidate statement: "I know the value of hard work...I prefer action to talk, plainspeak to prevarication, Bartley's Burger Cottage to the Harvest. In the last six years, I founded a new city fund for the purchase of open space, established the city's first extended school day program, initiated a major tree and flower-planting program.

Erik C. Snowberg, 22

Endorsements: Cambridge Civic Association, Lavender Alliance, Cambridge Progressive Forum, MIT Graduate Student Committee, MIT College Democrats.

Snowberg, an MIT student, plans to bridge the gap between students and local government, increase student and affordable housing, and improve public transportation.

Candidate statement: I am a student at MIT, and am the only candidate who cares about the needs and wants of the student population....By taking electoral power and sending a representative to City Council, students can ensure themselves a place at the

bargaining table when universities make decisions that affect their lives."

Helder S. Peixoto, 27

An MBTA police officer, Peixoto has served on several police and youth advisory boards. His priorities include public safety, city maintenance, art czar, term limits and putting metal detectors in Cambridge Rindge and Latin School.

Candidate statement: "I understand the needs of the younger generation, and am one of only two ethnically diverse candidates seeking office. As our community is diverse, so must be our ideas."

Henrietta S. Davis, did not give age

Endorsements: Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus, Cambridge Civic Association, National Association of Social Workers, PACE, Mass. Chapt.

A City Councillor since 1996, Davis has been active in task forces for children in the city. Davis wants to increase affordable housing; make the city safe for pedestrians and bicycle riders; protect neighborhoods; and provide measures for healthy, well-educated children.

Candidate statement: "I do my homework (study and research the issues), I take the long view because important things don't happen over night, I represent the public good and not just one interest group."

Timothy J. Toomey Jr., age not given

Endorsements: Local 40, IBEW, Local 509, SEIU, AFL-CIO, Greater Boston Labor Council

Toomey is a City Councillor and a State Representative for the 29th Middlesex District. He wants to increase the amount of open space, stabilize housing and pass a residency ordnance for city employees.

Candidate Statement: "I was one of only three councillors that voted not to extend the city manager's contract. There are some candidates that claim to be actively against uncontrolled development or profess concern about the lack of open space but continue to support the city manager."

Jim Braude, 50

Endorsements: Greater Boston Labor Council, NOW, DSA, Lavender Alliance, Cambridge Civic Association, Progressive Massachusetts/New Party.

A former legal services tenant lawyer, Braude is now a media and political consultant. His goals include removing personal conflict from Council discussions, spending money on affordable housing and public schools, and forwarding a "strong mayor" system for Cambridge.

Candidate statement: "The works of which I am most proud...have occurred with organized labor and organized students in the driver's seat. If students want to become engaged in improving their city, they should give me their number one vote."

James M. Williamson, 48

Williamson has been a member of local Democratic groups, tenants' rights groups, building preservation societies and other local activist groups. He wants to restore and extend affordable housing, put a one-year moratorium on commercial real-estate developments, renegotiate the "payment in lieu of taxes" agreement with Harvard, and look for a new city manager.

Candidate statement: "I signed the Rent Stabilization Ballot Initiative question when not a single City Councillor would. I oppose gargantuan construction proposals and I would replace the current city manager. I have a willingness to get things done instead of being a 'showboat' all the time."

Bob Goodwin

A Cambridge city employee, Goodwin has held community positions. He wants to continue to work hard for affordable housing issues, elderly, youth and family issues, and create partnerships with universities for more affordable housing.

Candidate statement: "The university has been a big plus for me because it supported me for my entire youth years [his father was a custodian at Kirkland House]. Students should vote for me because of great ties to Harvard and a background in government and community affairs."

David Trumbull, 40

Endorsements: Cambridge Republican City Committee; Republican Liberty Caucus

The chair of the Cambridge Republican City Committee, Trumbull's platform is greater personal freedom and less government interference in people's lives. He is involved in several community organizations.

Candidate statement: I stand for freedom. Every incumbent councilor believes that the City Council knows better than you do how you ought to live. I am independent of the small but vocal special interests that now run City Hall.

David Hoicka

Hoicka, active in local Democratic groups, has helped put three referendums on the ballot that won overwhelmingly. His major issue is that of rent stabilization.

Candidate statement: "A lot of politicians go out and say that they are wonderful and better than everyone else, I have a more cooperative approach. No one person can do it alone. I am looking to get as many like-minded people as I can."