Ray Marshall wrote:
Cincinnati has had a city manager for umpteen years. It has not stemmed corruption. I don't think it increased corruption either. Whether having a city manager had anything to do with it or not, Cincinnati still wound up with Jerry Springer for a mayor.The adoption of a City Manager plan for Minneapolis, the likelihood of which I believe is remote, is no guarantee that there would be no "corruption." Major cities in the East and the South have had major problems, even when using this form of local government. If it would work properly, the biggest change would be that the people on the City Council would not be talking to city employees below the level of Department Head. That would certainly cramp a lot of styles.
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