Friday, October 02, 2009

Trusting the Council to Pick a City Manager

This Council... picking a City Manager behind closed doors.

Hmm. They Picked Tom Schwab who covered up a Embezzlement Investigation, and more...

Hmm. They approved the hire of Steve Berry... and appointed him as Acting City Manager even after they apparently knew of his traits...

Hmm. They selected the Planning Commission and Planning Department that approved the Non Commercial Kitchen at the Senior Center. They even signed off on the plans...

Hmm.. They purchased a house for Tom Schwab and increased his income to way past the average income of Grand Terrace Residents.

Should we trust the selection process? When the field of applicants was narrowed by the City Attorney who was Hand Picked by Tom Schwab, and approved by the City Council... The Same City Attorney who has allowed all the situations that ended GT in Court, and City Council Members Charged with Crimes that just got by him because no one asked him a direct question. What does he do to earn 15,000 per month?

It is reasonable that there is concern about the results of the selection process.

The people being considered should talk to the Press and let the community know who they are before they are hired. Perhaps the City Council could at least Google Search the Applicants... and get a criminal background check on them. In addition the job should not pay more than the average income in the City of Grand Terrace. If the New City Manager has to live in the Highlands on Section 8 so be it... but Please no more Kings of Grand Terrace. The Peasants have have enough of the Dictatorship and Cronyism Practiced in the past.