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City Councilwoman Norma Glover has said she wanted to take the politics out of picking a mayor.
But her proposal to rotate the leadership failed recently when four of the seven members voted against the plan.
Glover said the current practice of having the mayor elected by the council amounts to a popularity contest.
A new mayor and mayor pro tem were chosen, following custom, after two new council members, Tom Thomson and John E. Noyes Jr., were sworn in Tuesday.
Janice A. Debay was elected mayor and Thomas C. Edwards, mayor pro tem.
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