tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310158610197025977.post8021703103692477570..comments2023-04-13T07:18:14.262-07:00Comments on Courierwatch: Editorial: Current hierarchy presents a conflictSteven Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15663818104866997062noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310158610197025977.post-23691614277319749782011-06-03T18:06:15.868-07:002011-06-03T18:06:15.868-07:00I think you're mistaking my point, O anonymous...I think you're mistaking my point, O anonymous commenter. I'm not taking a position on what's the right thing to do. My point is that we don't have anything like enough information to determine even what problem we're trying to solve.<br /><br />That said, if you're advocating an independent administrative division for the attorney, are you similarly saying that the clerk and the magistrate should be running their own divisions, including budgeting, personnel and policy?<br /><br />If there is a policy conflict between the attorney and the manager, it doesn't make sense to wall off a division, adding new layers of complication and responsibilities for the attorney, when you could simply have the manager step back from policy decisions set by the attorney while maintaining personnel and budgetary management. If the situation gets ugly, it's grounds for dismissal of someone, not throwing the entire city apparatus into the chaos of too many cooks.<br /><br />Again, that's all based on knowing basically nothing about what's really going on other than Norwood's style in the trenches.Steven Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15663818104866997062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310158610197025977.post-67854095444469556242011-06-03T16:30:41.245-07:002011-06-03T16:30:41.245-07:00You make no sense. The council would only be allow...You make no sense. The council would only be allowing Kidd to manage his people. Kidd and Norwood's replacement both already answer to the council. the city manager should not be the supervisor of the attorney's employees.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com