I for one would prefer that we not promote one of the two city employees that are in the running for the position of city manager.
We need a new approach at the city, one that is open and respects the citizens. The Times referred to our current city manager’s “sharp elbows”. We need more cooperation from our city manager and less arrogance.
Calling the citizens “crazies” showed how disconnected our city manager is.
The chief financial officer of the city is one of the candidates. The numbers she has been providing to city council have been wildly wrong. Does she provide them out of ignorance or does she do it at the request of the city manager? Either way her behavior is unacceptable and clearly not the best thing for the citizens.
I don’t know much about the other city candidate. His biography page on the city web site indicates that he has a finance background. The two million dollar error in the police payroll happened during his watch and under his department. He certainly did not use his finance background to save us from the horrible over-spending that we have observed under this city manager. Will we get a “more of the same” city administration from him? Does he have experience running a large organization?
Crossing the current city manager can be disastrous for your career. If he agreed with what has been going on then I don’t want him. If he has disagreed then at what point did he have a duty to represent the citizens?
The two other candidates are from out of town.
It is pretty safe to assume that one was eliminated by the Times article. Whether the stories are true or not, El Paso should not have to deal with the doubt.
I sure hope that the other out of town guy is worthy of the job.
The mayor should be upset with the search team. Should he demand our money back?
We deserve better
Brutus
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When you consider that these four finalists were the result of a national search, supposedly conducted by an outside search firm, and you look closely at the four candidates, it gets very interesting. Several things don’t add up.
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How much did the City of El Paso paid this outside search firm? None of these four candidates demonstrated any strengths in their previous positions. What were the requirements that these applicants needed to possess to get selected? I believe the most important is to understand the significance of a budget variance. It is very obvious that Wilson and CC are manipulating the hiring process.
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In city hall, Wilson’s favorites get a free pass on big fails. The stadium business case is off by millions. The trolley project spent almost 5mm before someone noticed that there was no binding commitment from the state. The city engineer pleaded “me no alamo” when it became evident that the 50mm was just a down payment on the stadium. Wilson is laundering funds thru the state to make it look like it is not part of the stadium cost.
Meanwhile, CC just keeps smiling and calling the people who point this out “crazies.”
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Brutus, why don’t you do a list of each candidate listing Pro’s and Con’s of each ?
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I was hoping that the readers would help with this.
Brutus
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I agree, but do your list and ask the readers to do their list. You could leave off the guy that is already in trouble if you want. You might find out more things that you didn’t know about each candidate. That’s good and bad thingsaboyt each. Example: I was told Candelaria lives across the street from Escobar and is very good friends with Byrd and Escobar. If this is true then I consider that a con. I would want someone who has the least involvement with the past council’s and Wilson’s actions and the cause of the the 74 percent landslide by Oscar.
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You bet and no charge who hired this group of head hunters Petunia would be a better Cityanager
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In Albuquerque the citizens just took over the Albuquerque City Council chambers, because they had HAD ENOUGH!
(New news today. . . . Story still developing. . . . .)
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Finally the people are noticing the shenanigans and voicing strong concerns. Previous commenterers, thank you ! Keep up the momentum.
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