"Don't blame the system if players who play the game don't do it
in an appropriate manner," Sullivan said.
And Councillor Kathleen L. Born said the current system does not create any tension or bitterness--even though she lost the last election when several
of her supporters switched allegiances to Mayor Anthony D. Galluccio at
the last minute.
"I don't feel any acrimony," Born said. "I find this to be a relatively tension-free City Council."
Galluccio disagreed, saying that the process made it difficult to begin new terms as a unified council.
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