NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—Some residents are questioning an “Elect Our Mayor” city charter amendment measure by former mayor and current city councilman Will O’Neill that would make the mayor a resident-elected position instead of a rotated position within the council. The city currently operates under a council-manager system whereby voters choose each of their seven district council members in a citywide election, and the council members then rotate the mayor and mayor pro tem positions each year, usually for a one-year term though several have been chosen to hold the seat for more than one term. “It was interesting, last year, when I was mayor, and I was running for reelection to the city council, a number of people were surprised to find out that they weren’t voting for the mayor, they were voting for a city council member,” O’Neill told The Epoch Times. “A number of people asked why, and the …