David states:
"John Moir gave several weeks notice."
Yes officially John Moir gave over a month's notice
but the fact of the matter is that most people saw the
handwriting on the wall last spring when Mr. Moir went
very public with his concerns about TIF and the city's
indebtedness reaching dangerous levels. The fact that
shortly afterward Mr. Moir stopped talking to the
press told me that he was muzzled by the Mayor's
office and the City Coordinator and that one could
have reasonably expected at that time that Mr. Moir
would be leaving.\
I don't mean to suggest that Mr. Moir was in any way
fired or asked to leave. To the contrary, I suspect
that accomodations were made. To a degree he seemed to
have support in a polite power struggle with Mr.
Cramer of the MCDA. In the end I suspect Mr. Moir had
just had enough.
At any rate, the city coordinator ought to have been
quietly searching for a replacement long before the
other shoe came crashing to the floor. Maybe David is
right that Mr. Christenson is wired for the spot and
that this period between now and Thanksgiving is only
a test drive to see if he fits. I hope he's good
whomever he is.
This of course is all supposition on my part and
should be taken with the grain of salt supposition
deserves.
Tim Connolly
Ward 7
D.T.Resident
--- David Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Rosalind asks:
>
> >One is that a Mr. Neil Christenson has been
> appointed as interim finance
> >director. Does anybody know anything about this
> person? Or do people just
> >not worry about him because he's temporary?
>
> Glad you mentioned this; I'd be meaning to. I
> believe the announcement said
> he would serve until Thanksgiving. Only two and half
> months? Seems like too
> short a time to accomplish anything; couldn't
> somebody already in the
> department fill the role (as I believe Keith Ford
> once did at the MCDA?
> Perhaps Mr. Christenson is wired for the job, in
> which case he's getting a
> head start -- though that's just speculation on my
> part.
>
> I don't think we're talking big money or big outrage
> here, but John Moir
> gave several weeks notice; you'd think that would be
> enough to find a
> suitable replacement, or, if one's not at hand, you
> might want to take
> several months to do a thorough national search. 2
> 1/2 months seems too
> middling, at least to this inexperienced observer.
>
> David Brauer
> King Field - Ward 10
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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