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The turbulent history of Cambridge mayoral elections—coupled with what some view as inappropriate roles in the mayor’s job description—has led several elected leaders to call for change in the selection procedure.
“City councillors make their decisions on a lot of things other than who’s the best chair for the School Committee,” he says.
To remedy these issues, McGovern says that the School Committee should have a vote in the selection of the mayor, or it should choose a chair from any of its seven members in a selection process independent of the vote for mayor.
This system, Simmons says, explains Cambridge’s ability to stay afloat for so long while it chooses a permanent captain.
This year was not unique in the difficulty of its mayoral election process. Since Cambridge adopted its current form of government in 1940, many of the biannual deliberations that have chosen new mayors for the city have been similarly tortuous.