There was no Lowell City Council meeting last Tuesday which was Independence Day and an off week in the Council’s summer schedule. Rather than skip sending a newsletter entirely on these off weeks, I’ll instead share some short stories from Lowell’s political history. Today it’s the city’s adoption of the Plan E form of government in the early 1940s. The following originally appeared in the 2022 book
When and under what circumstances did the city adopt preliminary elections and top 9 vote-getters being elected?