Former Lowell Mayor 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐬 takes his customary Wednesday Co-Host seat for today’s 𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐏𝐮𝐥𝐬𝐞. A budget process that ended not with a bang, but with a whimper, along with a surprising concession on school funding headline the discussion, which also delves into the traditional role of the council and how that has changed thanks to the new form of government and new political climate.