Mayor Coleman - Please explain
From:
Pat Byrne
Date:
May 14 02:49 UTC
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I was happy with Dave Thune's advice to move on. But...
Public employees are very aware of the role politics plays in their job.
Political posturing is nothing new to them, and I suspect they will deal
with that appropriately.
I also have questions about the budget. It's my impression that the Public
Works' budget is anywhere between $120 million and $170 million, depending
on what you want to include. Exactly what percentage of over spending are we
talking about? Is it an unreasonable number in light of the extremely
changeable economy? In light of the variability of budget decisions coming
out of the capital (either one)?
Also, the description of gross mismanagement is a particularly harsh one.
Were there examples of the director not listening to sage advice and going
off half cocked on his own? Where there examples of incompetence in decision
making? Was there gross negligence, technical or otherwise? Were fellow
employees and managers ignored? Were procedures not followed? Was innovation
not sought? I'm going to suspect that people are going to be hard pressed to
show examples of what most others would call gross mismanagement from Bruce
Beese. Well, that's a light assessment. I'd say nearly impossible.
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