Mholm writes:
<<The City Finance Director doesn't broker political deals... he's a City
employee, and primarily responsible for providing financial advice and
recommendations to the Mayor, the City Council and other Department heads.
Decisions for or against using city subsidies for a sports stadium, a Target
on the Mall, or a BlockE project rest with the Mayor and the City Council,
and in-the-end with city voters. If our elected Council members or Mayor
request his opinion on financing alternatives for such projects... that's his
job!>>
Wow! $110,.000 is sure a lot of money to earn per year for just giving
financial advice and recommendations to city leaders when they request.
Especially when they often don't follow the advice. In fact, Mr Moir
resigned essentially because he was tired of rendering his professional
advice and having the mayor and the city council disregard his opinions time
and time again. Maybe Mr. Born was hired because the mayor and the city
council will feel justified paying the $110,000 per year because they feel he
shares their view about spending public taxes on private interests. It's
nice to have "yes men" working for you, you see.
wade russell
longfellow
