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...amid the lawlessness, there is evident progress. In the nearby Kurdish village of Tapasaus, life has changed immeasurably since electricity was delivered for the first time two months ago. The mayor invited U.S. troops to a party celebrating the advent of power, and villagers are lining up to buy televisions. (A man confides that he wants to divorce his wife because he has fallen in love with a singer on TV.) Elsewhere in the north, electrical power is still intermittent, and many Iraqis blame the Coalition Provisional Authority. It's perhaps a hopeful sign that some Iraqis view this...
...This is not creating a strong or stronger mayor,” he said. “All we are doing is giving power to the people, which is a democratic thing...
...past, in-house votes for mayor among the nine elected city councillors have often sparked partisan rancor that can last long into the year. Last night, many councillors cited this bitterness in explaining their votes for the measure...
...After experiencing how we elect the mayor over the last several years, I just don’t have the confidence in our process,” Decker said, noting “the bad feelings and the tension that this mayor’s race provides among the colleagues...
...always seems to me that if the Council leads this discussion, it’s like we want to be the mayor,” said Reeves, who eventually voted in favor of the measure, saying he supported discussion on the matter...