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Mayor-elect Mike Pantelides’ honeymoon as the new chief executive of Annapolis might end before it begins, as City Council members say that next term they plan to revisit legislation that would strip the mayor’s office of much of its power. Alderman Ross Arnett, D-Ward 8, said he will introduce a charter amendment to move Annapolis to a full council-manager form of government. This would create a position similar to the current city manager, except that the official would report directly to the City Council, not the mayor. He or she would also manage all department heads. The mayor’s post would...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Days after a Republican was elected mayor of Annapolis, City Council members say they will revisit legislation that would strip the mayor’s office of much of its power. Democratic Alderman Ross Arnett of Ward 8 tells The Capital he will introduce a charter amendment to move Annapolis to a council-manager style of government. The city manager would report directly to the City Council, not the mayor.

SAN DIEGO (AP) - Mayor-elect Jerry Sanders said Wednesday he wants to talk to federal investigators this week about how to end long-running probes of potential wrongdoing at City Hall. Sanders, a Republican former police chief making his first run for public office, decisively defeated maverick Councilwoman Donna Frye Tuesday in the city's third mayoral election in a year. Sanders, 55, raised about three times more money than Frye, 53, who came within a whisker of being elected mayor in November as a write-in candidate. She finished first in a July primary after Dick Murphy resigned, but the Democrat fell...