In the last three mayoral elections, crossover deals of the kind Galluccio and Davis made Monday night resulted in a bipartisan team as mayor and vice mayor.
Despite the defections and switched allegiances in the elections Monday night, Winters does not think the personal maneuvering will have a big effect on the relationships between council members.
"People aren't going to be pointing fingers at each other for very long," he said, adding that Born is the only one who would have a justifiable reason to be upset.
"In the end, she'll put it aside as well," Winters concluded. "She's got a nice life to fall back on."
Decker and Reeves can not be counted on to be predictable, he said.
"Both Ken Reeves and Marjorie Decker are enigmas...or they're purposefully being contradictory," Winters said.
If Reeves had voted for Born in the first two rounds of voting and not in the last, she would have been elected mayor.
As for Galluccio, Winters said he will do an adequate job as the council and School Committee's chair.
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