Forget the contract, let's have an election
Boy, the county offices have been buzzing lately about the fat case of paranoia that apparently has infected Charles Londo, the county administrator. Some of the county commissioners said they just wanted to review his ironclad-fire-me-if-you-dare contract and he goes off the deep end. During a special meeting Friday night, which followed an apparent illegal closed door meeting Friday morning, county commissioners said they didn't really want to fire him, they just wanted to review the terms of the contract.
How about we forget the contract and just do the right thing and have an ELECTED county administrator like a lot of other counties have. That way the people who really pay the administrator's salary can hire or fire him or her. And whoever is administrator might be more responsive to individual commissioners, too.
I'll start to pass around a call for a referendum on this if it seems to have any support. Wait. Maybe a progressive commissioner might suggest that.
Nah.
How about we forget the contract and just do the right thing and have an ELECTED county administrator like a lot of other counties have. That way the people who really pay the administrator's salary can hire or fire him or her. And whoever is administrator might be more responsive to individual commissioners, too.
I'll start to pass around a call for a referendum on this if it seems to have any support. Wait. Maybe a progressive commissioner might suggest that.
Nah.
posted by The Observer at 1/06/2007 01:30:00 PM
3 Comments:
ARE YOU REALLY OUT OF YOUR MIND!
THAT'S ALL WE NEED IS ANOTHER POLITICALLY CONNECTED DEMOCRATIC HACK DISPENSING FAVORS AS IF HE WERE THE REINCARNATE OF HUEY LONG!
NO; THE COMISSIONERS NEED TO GROW A SET AND TELL CHARLIE THAT HE WORKS FOR THEM, AND NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
I'll agree with the previous post. Let the commisioners inform Mr. Londo that he works for them, including all of us.
Hey folks, it's being pragmatic. Your high hopes haven't materialized in years. At least the politically connected hack would be elected and accountable to someone. That's why county commissioners change every so often and road commissioners hardly ever do. It's like letting the state legislature appoint the governor. Decidedly unAmerican.
But I'll be a sport and pray with you on this one.
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