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“I am always a believer in more direct democracy, and this is not direct democracy,” says Nolan, who believes that the mayor should be elected by citizens in November when they choose councillors and School Committee members.
In 1948, unlike this year, councillors took scores of votes each time they met, hoping to resolve the selection process as efficiently as possible. Despite these efforts, the election of Mayor Michael J. Neville required over four months and more than 1,300 ballots.
More recently, in 2000, councillors came to their decision in a six-and-a-half hour meeting on the night of Valentine’s Day, after a six-week impasse.
His early struggles were the growing pains of a positional change. Whereas in high school Casey could back down smaller opponents and beat larger ones off the dribble, Amaker envisioned the freshman as more of a traditional post player.
“The reason why he had success was, well, one, he’s extremely talented and developed in skills, especially for a freshman,” Lin said. “More importantly, he’s very humble and a hard worker, and that goes a...