Article: Election puts role of mayor at the fore ; Nineteen people seek seats on a panel that may reshape how Maine's largest city is governed.

TOM BELL By TOM BELL Staff Writer
Portland Press Herald (Maine)
05-31-2009
Election puts role of mayor at the fore ; Nineteen people seek seats on a panel that may reshape how Maine's largest city is governed.
Byline: TOM BELL By TOM BELL Staff Writer
Edition: Final
Section: Front
Type: Cover Story

Most residents look confused when Laurie Davis tells them she's running for the charter commission. They have no idea what it is, Davis said.

"They apologize. I say, 'That's OK. It's been almost 25 years since we've done this.' "
The other 18 candidates are facing the same problem as they struggle to whip up interest in the June 9 election and vie for one of the commission's nine empty seats. The ...

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