Did You Notice the Revolving Door?

Have you noticed that revolving door we’ve installed here at our City?

When we were sworn in a year ago the City manager had been on duty for a while. He was our second manager, the first manager having moved on to other assignments. It wasn’t long before the second manager was gone, and the third manager came up from Austin, TX to manage us. We then moved away from CH2MHill management, and hired our own interim manager, manager #4.

When he came to work he was very enthusiastic. I said, “You seem like a nice guy, and a professional. You’ll try to do the right thing. That won’t matter. You’re here to do as you’re told.” He didn’t want to believe me. His last day was January 31st. He lasted a month longer than I’d guessed. We now have an acting interim manager, manager #5, who in the not too distant future will give way to our 6th manager.

When we were sworn in a year ago a nice communications lady helped us get our pictures taken. She didn’t last long. A Council member took over doing communications, but she quit. Another Council member took over, but she took orders from another newly appointed Council member, who had just been voted off Council by the citizens.

CH2MHill sent a communications professional from Atlanta, but he wasn’t given the chance to make his presentation. He suggested we should save money by hiring a small local firm instead of incurring CH2MHill’s costs. That sounded good, so Council went out for bid. Many candidates applied. Of all the applicants, we hired CH2MHill to be our communications provider. We’ve budgeted $75,000 for communications, a huge increase over 2010.

That’s 12 people. Have you noticed that revolving door we’ve installed here at our City?