ejw@brunix.UUCP (eric wolf) (12/19/83)
This November, there was a "Nuclear Free Zone" referendum on the Cambridge (MA) ballot. The ordinance would have prohibited any company participating in the process of developing, building, testing, or deploying of nuclear weapons from operating in the city of Cambridge. Whatever side you come down on on this issue you will probably find the following statistic pretty appalling. The group which was fighting the ordinance (calling themselves CARB, Citizens Against Research Bans, a truly stupid name, given that they were primarily a front organization for the companies fighting the ordinance) spent a total of over $500,000 to fight the ordinance. There are about 100,000 people living in Cambridge of whom 55,000 are registered voters and 30,000 actually voted in this election. This comes out to almost $20 per vote cast.